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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by Symbiote on Friday March 22, 2019 @07:19AM (#19461438)
The £8.80 prescription cost is not what the NHS pays the pharmaceutical company — it is probably more, although it's also possible that it's less.
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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by omgtehlion on Friday March 22, 2019 @07:56AM (#19461665)
In Russia this costs 180 RUB ~= 3$, and it is not subsidized, but is sold over the counter, so already includes markup of distributors and pharmacy.

I bet manufacturer (pharma company) receives only $2 or less of these money.

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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by DanBC on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:05AM (#19462128)
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/salbutamol.html

£3.60?

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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by Symbiote on Saturday March 23, 2019 @12:32AM (#19469074)
In my defence, "The NICE British National Formulary (BNF) and British National Formulary for Children (BNFc) sites are only available to users in the UK".

Seems an odd restriction, but it explains why I didn't find it.

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