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Why is the cost of medications so much lower overseas?

April 26, 2017COST lower medications overseas

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Why is the cost of medications so much lower overseas?

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Pharmaceutical companies set their prices based on what the average person in a particular country can pay. Think about it for a moment. If the prices for prescription drugs were the same in Calcutta India as they are in New York City, NY, the cost of one prescription would cost a years salary – no one could afford those prices, so no one would buy medicine.