Prescription Redux :who is inventing new drugs?
Just an observation:
Have you ever looked at the drugs being pumped out of big pharma lately? They are following the habits of TV and movies: take an old classic, and make a big budget production out of it…and hope we are suckers enough to buy it.
Personally, I am holding out for the 21 century Gilligan’s Island…and No, don’t tell me its “Lost”.
What is new? What is innovative? And, if it is, do they have to make a trillion dollars in profit the first year on the market?
How does the rep detail Pristiq with a straight face? How about Invega? or any CR/XL/SR formulation of something going off patent?
Do we really need a 5th formulation of metformin/combo? Does Diaper rash really deserve a $200 tube of cream that contains Zinc oxide and miconazole? And how many varieties/salts of Minocycline/doxycycline do we really need? We’ve gone thru 3 levels of wellbutrin (regular, SR and XL). shall we go for once weekly like the failed Prozac weekly. Sheesh, Chick, dont give them any ideas!!
Today I about spit out my snack when I opened the PowerPak and saw and ad for (drumroll please….) Moxatag-once daily amoxicillin 775mg that will cost approximately $200 per bottle. Yea, I suppose taking 400-500mg TWICE daily for pennies per day is SUCH A HASSLE for everybody.
I’m just thinking out loud…..
Is there any hope for a new drug that has a real advantage over existing entities at a reasonable price?
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