This is nearly complete nonsense. a) Drug costs are almost all fixed cost. Marginal costs (making single doses) are low relative to development/marketing/etc. b) Having too much medication is far less of a problem than not enough. https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-companies-make-eyedrops-too-big-and-you-pay-for-the-waste …
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If drug manufacturers acted as ProPublica demands, they'd charge the same prices for half as much drug--and when a patient fumbled a droplet, they'd be out a dose, because there'd be no margin of error.
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This is amazingly, bafflingly, mind-bogglingly irresponsible. Take a look at this heart-breaking anecdote that punches home the "pharma bad!" message but actually COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS their argument.pic.twitter.com/R9cvNkQhnD
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