Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market in the criminal justice system

Re:Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market in the c... by logfromblammo on Friday June 30, 2017 @05:37PM (#14673741)

My primate sense of fairness says that charging 100% of costs is actually a form of charity, 105% of costs is hyper-competitive, 110% of costs is quite respectable and meritorious, whereas 150% of costs is getting to be overly ambitious.

10000% of costs is, quite simply, asking for someone to put a shiv in your kidney.

The only way to achieve such margins is by literally suppressing all competition with armed force, with an unquenchable, non-substitutable demand. In the case of pharmaceuticals, the feds provide that force.

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Re:Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market in the c... by saas_sam on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:57PM (#14674352)

Feds provide force sometimes, but other times it's just a matter of time. When you produce a new product or service, you have a 'monopoly' on it until other people move in. Thus, margins start high and quickly lower even in a maximally competitive environment. Just wanted to share that concept in case others didn't make that connection!

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Re:Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market in the c... by aisofteng on Friday June 30, 2017 @08:59PM (#14674629)

That primate is sense is just that - namely, primitive.

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