How profitable can a monopoly, patent-protected self-developed drug be?
Let's put it this way.
Imatinib is like a nuclear strike for some types of leukemia. From the time you start taking it to a month later, the improvement is visible to the naked eye!
But this stuff... is very expensive!
A bottle of 120 Imatinib tablets costs twenty thousand during a period when the average monthly income is a thousand!
That's right, it takes two years of not eating or drinking for an average person to afford a bottle!
And it only lasts a month, and even... this price doesn't include various taxes!
With import tariffs, VAT, and all kinds of additional costs, the twenty thousand can even double, turning into forty thousand!
A bottle of medicine costing forty thousand, only supporting a month, while your monthly income is only a thousand....
Despair?
