by CobaltFire
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- We've been dealing with this exact issue with Flovent for my son.
Amusingly our insurance's captive/preferred pharmacy wants to mail us the generic for $40 + 25 S+H instead of us buying it locally for $150. Except that they can't climate control the shipment and it's 20F over the rated temp of the inhaler here today, in the shade. So their in house pharmacist allowed an override.
Still a royal PITA.
by s1artibartfast
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- This is a really good summary. It is mentioned by worth reiterating that evergreening does not prevent generic competition of the origional formulation or configuration. I think it is a bit of a misnomer to refer to these as patent lifetime extensions.
Having spend decades work with pharma companies, I agree that one of the main issues is missaligned incentives between patients and PBMs/health plans.
Bad patents are hard to quantify but a big part of picture. Should the patent office rejected Flovent + HFA as obvious? Another example would be Novarits patents on VEGF in silicone syringes. Litigating a global patent fight with Pharma companies with billions at stake is a huge barrier. The best way to prevent this IMO is more disgression in initial patent issue.
by goodmythical
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- I once encountered a small scale smuggling operation in which prisoners were smuggling their inhalers out of a prison to sell on the street.
The prisoners were receiving as much as $10 per inhaler, funded by a family on the outside that couldn't afford the inhalers at pharmacy prices.
- You'd think, America being billed as the land of the free, some politician might free Americans to order stuff from abroad as long as it's safe as in regulated by some competent body like the EU, Canada etc.?
by pseudohadamard
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- Just for comparison, a standard 200-dose inhaler is USD 5 here, https://terrywhitechemmart.com.au/shop/product/asmol-inhaler.... I assume the "salbutamol" is the same as albutamol in TFA.
For any Fox News fans reading this: That's "socialism" for you :-).
- Hey! Long time no see! Nice car! How did you get so much money?
Drug deala
??? Fentanyl ???
Nah. Beclomethasone
by h4kunamata
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- Because in the US, for a human being able to afford anything related to health is a business and not a right like other countries. You don't need to write a post for that.
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