Ridecamp: Re: [RC] GastroGard

> There must be a place where you can buy GastroGard at a competitve price?
> Does anyone know of one?  Or is the price set only by the vets?  Pat Oliva

Pat, "the vets" have very little to do with the prices of pharmaceuticals.
Prices are set by the company that manufactures the drug, and when new drugs
first come on the market, the prices reflect the money the company had to
spend on research and trials in order to get the drug approved by the
various governmental regulatory agencies (FDA/USDA).  When a company first
puts a new drug on the market, it is allowed a "patent" on that drug for the
first few years it is out, precisely so that it CAN recoup what it has
spent.  If this did not happen, no company could afford to research and
license new drugs, and we simply would not have any.  Initial research is
expensive enough--the trials required by the regulatory agencies often cost
millions.  You will see a competitive price on GastroGard (and likely a more
varied marketing spectrum) when its patent period expires.

Heidi


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