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Re:The Best Fix for American Drug Prices Is Already on the B... by disordinary on Sunday May 13, 2018 @11:10PM (#17062397)
The reason for the advertising in NZ is that Pharmac will often fully fund generics, if you want to buy the brand name drug you have to pay extra on top. For instance, I just got a new prescription for inhalers, the pharmacy told me if I wanted ventolin it would be $5 but the generic was fully subsidised.
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Re:The Best Fix for American Drug Prices Is Already on the B... by peterashford on Sunday May 13, 2018 @11:23PM (#17062445)
sure, my point (which I probably was not very clear about) was more that the cost of marketing in NZ still isn't going to ratchet up profitability to the level of the US with their higher prices
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