[g1313]

I know nothing about drug pricing so I'm missing he context of why this is such a bad idea? Is it just the optics to the public about the expense of a potentially life saving drug? As a consumer I know that the list prices of most things in the medical field are brobdingnagian (one night in the ICU could be around $10k) but your insurance pays for it and you have very limited ability to shop around anyway. From a quick glance it looks like they are pricing it appropriately for the small proven benefit. If they underpriced so that it artificially stimulated higher demand, wouldn't that take away valuable limited production resources from other medications?

[g1313]

I know nothing about drug pricing so I'm missing he context of why this is such a bad idea? Is it just the optics to the public about the expense of a potentially life saving drug? As a consumer I know that the list prices of most things in the medical field are brobdingnagian (one night in the ICU could be around $10k) but your insurance pays for it and you have very limited ability to shop around anyway. From a quick glance it looks like they are pricing it appropriately for the small proven benefit. If they underpriced so that it artificially stimulated higher demand, wouldn't that take away valuable limited production resources from other medications?