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Re:Indian Government uses special powers to slash cancer dru... by ig1 on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @07:50AM (#3697973)
Bayer doesn't have a problem with selling cheaper drugs to poor people, they do have a problem when those drugs go onto the grey market and get purchased by those who could afford Bayer's regular price.

That's why drug companies don't do differential pricing, because they can't stop the cannibalization of their wealthier markets.

Re:Indian Government uses special powers to slash cancer dru... by matwood on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @09:59AM (#3698435)
Exactly. It's very similar to how content companies try to control the release of content and pricing around the world (region codes ugh). If any pharm company sells drug A in the US for $100 and sells the same drug in Africa for $1 then it's an obvious arbitration opportunity. They are trying to prevent the 'flat world' from eating sales by simply pricing it the same everywhere.