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Yet Another Look At The Cost Of Prescriptions

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. genetically engineered microbes, or cultures from
mammalian cells, insect, yeast, or bacterial cells. They
In the marketplace, then carefully grow the desired product. This is a very
the buyer and the seller slow, time-consuming process, which accounts for much
frequently disagree on of the high costs.
the price of a product, (If the previous paragraph on the process is confusing
with the buyer feeling he/ to you, be assured you have lots of company, including
she is being overcharged this writer.)
and the seller knowing When we add the time for the original research to
otherwise. Thus has it been find a promising cell, learning how to cultivate it, make
for some time concerning a pharmaceutical product, pass the three stages of FDA
prescription pricing. This (Federal Drug Administration) approval and place on the
paper attempts to show both sides of the disagreement market, we are looking at many years of time, effort, and
but offering no “magic solutions” to the problem. expense. Does this justify what we call a high price tag?
Prescription costs have caused some patients to not fill There have been instances in which the choice has In terms of time and money expended, the manufacturer
their new prescription; others to stretch out the prescribed been food on the table or fill the prescription. This believes so.
quantity because of the cost. This prevents the prescribing conundrum has confounded both retired seniors with Congress has attempted to ameliorate the problem by
doctor from making a fair diagnosis of the problem for just enough income to get along, and young families approving Biosimilars. These are drugs that are similar
which the drug was prescribed. Still others may complain to with children as well. A few market studies point out that to the named pharmaceutical, but not identical. There
the prescriber, and he may choose a secondary medication some manufacturers raise their prices, even of established is no generic equivalent to a biologic drug, because
with less success than the original drug offered. generic, drugs to meet their profit goals for the year. All others cannot start with the same organism. Approval of
this pales in the face of a new category of drugs on the biosimilars has been slow for some of the same reasons
… the long processes of growth, manufacture, proof of
market, the biologicals.
Lease Renewals cells taken from plants, animals, or bacteria. When safety, and efficacy. So Biosimilars are not much less
Biologicals are a class of medicines made from
costly than the original drugs.
formulated into available prescription medications … Therein lies the problem. Science has presented us
Renters- If you plan to renew your lease oral, intramuscular, or intravenous … they hold the with the possibility of exciting progress which may be
at Boca Pointe, please provide the BPCA potential for therapeutic breakthroughs in areas which unaffordable to most patients. This writer believes that
Management office a copy of your renewal were previously untreatable. The future of biologicals our pharmaceutical scientists, as they have in the past,
will find a way to make these products affordable to
in human therapy is exciting; however, the excitement is
lease and vehicle registration prior to your lease somewhat diluted because they are expensive. Costs to a all. In the interim, perhaps the government can create a
expiration date. Both items are needed to ensure patient frequently run from $10,000 to $30,000 annually process to make these drugs available to select critical
that your transponder does not get deactivated and more. These costs are prohibitive. Why are biological cases as a lifesaving measure. “There is light at the end
when the lease ends. Please email to admin@ pharmaceuticals so expensive? of the tunnel.”
bocapointe.com. Bios are harvested rather than synthesized chemically.
Thank you!  Large stainless-steel vats called bioreactors are fed Harold Katz R.Ph., Edgewater Estates. 

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