Pharmaceutical Economics 101 Brand-Name Drug Costs Include: Research & Development: Clinical trial costs: $2-3 billion per drug Years of research before approval Failed drug candidates FDA approval process Amortized across all units sold Manufacturing & Facilities: Large-scale FDA-approved manufacturing Extensive quality control Regulatory compliance costs Facility maintenance and upgrades Marketing & Sales: Direct-to-consumer advertising (billions annually) Physician detailing and sales force Medical education programs Brand building campaigns Profit Margins: Shareholder returns expected Executive compensation Wall Street expectations Quarterly earnings targets Distribution: Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Wholesalers and distributors Multiple middlemen taking cuts Rebates and discounts (complex system) Eli Lillys tirzepatide list price of $1,069/month reflects all these costs plus significant profit margins

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Other states are coming to that conclusion, as well as some private carriers. Overall Medicaid spending on GLP-1 drugs before partial rebates from drug manufacturers jumped from $577.3 million in 2019 to $3.9 billion in 2023, according to a November report from KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues
Oral rehydration solutions like Pedialyte or LMNT provide precisely balanced electrolytes