sticker shock
Jul. 15th, 2003 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioGood heavens. I had not realized that list price for my allergy medicine is almost $3/day. (My co-pay, fortunately, is 50 cents/day.) C'mon, guys; develop generics! Besides, it would lower my co-pay a bit. :-)
Fortunately, I do not take allergy drugs year-round -- just for about 6 weeks in the summer, starting soon. I have mild allergy symptoms for longer, but I tend to develop immunities to allergy drugs after a while, and I'd rather not do that again.
Fortunately, I do not take allergy drugs year-round -- just for about 6 weeks in the summer, starting soon. I have mild allergy symptoms for longer, but I tend to develop immunities to allergy drugs after a while, and I'd rather not do that again.
Re: costs
Date: 2003-07-15 02:44 pm (UTC)The next industry where you see things like this is probably the auto industry, not the aircraft manufacturing industry. Airplane design is much more static than automobiles, and car sales are based more on advertising than actual differences between products. Granted, the cost to get a vehicle to market is less than the cost of getting a drug to market, but I'll bet that the advertising costs are not far off. Next, you should consider Hollywood and their costs and marketing. We could go on and on, but I'm sure everyone has the picture now.