Why Is Axiron Sooooo Expensive?

I know Axiron works. its amazing. But still. The price? I could understand the price if it was the meds that were gonna keep my heart beating, and save my life. But a side effect is increased rish of stroke? Insurance doesnt want to pay for it, yet the price is so atronomical! Help me understand why. If it was half the price, I am sure double the users would be lining up!

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Well, if you really want to know, it's because of the millions of dollars that the manufacturer had to spend on research, development and testing to get it approved and bring it to market… once that happens, they have to spend even more to make people aware of its existence.

And they only have a limited period of time in which to recoup their investment, so the price is always relatively high for name brand medications.

Things are much easier and less expensive for those that market generic drugs, once something is available to be produced as such, because they get to ride on the coattails of the original manufacturer, they don't have to do nearly as much research, development and testing. They just have to prove that it's biologically equivalent and comes within a certain ratio of the dose that was in the name brand.

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