07-10-2017, 02:50 PM
There is corruption, bribery/lobbying government and monopolies at play, but the cost of drug Z has to cover the loses on drug A through Y that cost tons of money to research, develop and test but never made it to the market. The few drugs that make it to market may cost pennies to manufacture, but there's also the $10 of millions and years of work to even get that one medicine to even exist.