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    1. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Jan 13
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      https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/12/venture-capitalist-alexis-borisy-bring-down-drug-prices/ … Does anybody understand why this business model hasn't been done before? (Develop new drugs that mimic the effects of other approved drugs; sell them at lower prices; make a profit by gaining market share.)

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      "But at least one big factor in this plan is not entirely in EQRx’s control: Someone has to buy the equivalar instead of the blockbuster it copied precisely because it is cheaper. Faith that this will happen is one of the reasons investors are backing Borisy." Hmmm...

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    3. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Jan 13
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      Why isn't it obvious that insurance companies would prefer to cover a (FDA-approved, proven-equivalent) cheap drug over an expensive drug for the same disease? Even monopolies and oligopolies have an interest in lowering their *costs*.

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      Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Jan 13
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      This is the kind of scenario that makes me think about @TheZvi's dictum that "people just don't like money" (he's often said this about people whose gambling or financial bets predictably lose) but I hesitate to make that judgment about an industry I don't know well.

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        2. Benjamin Slayton‏ @SlaytonBenjamin Jan 14
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          From what I understand this is similar to what is already done. Instead of researching new drugs they make small improvements in existing drugs to treat same disease.

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        3. Don Morehouse‏ @dmmfll Jan 14
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          Yes. You're on to something. Remember, the longer a patent lasts the longer a company has exclusive rights. I know of one drug called atracurium that once had a patent. Once that patent was up, a "new" drug called cisatracurium was released which was purified atracurium.

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