This was basically the concept behind Cost Plus Drugs. Mark Cuban realized he could sell generic drugs at a basic 15% markup and $10 pharmacy+shipping, and drastically undercut the competition. Their drug prices literally list the breakdown of manufacturing cost, 15% markup, $5 pharmacy labor, and the $5 shipping on each page.
He has been blunt that the business isn’t really about lowering drug prices. That is certainly a bonus, but he’s not doing it to be magnanimous. He simply realized that the markup on drug prices was so mind-bogglingly absurd (oftentimes over 2500% markup) that he could undercut the market by thousands of dollars and still make a tidy 15% profit.
Patient drug prices in the US are insane, and he is simply exploiting that fact to undercut everyone else on the market.
sorta but the idea is the market would be more like 5% but maybe 10 depending on the interest rate. Essentially enough that it does not go under but actual profit should be about the same as a certificate of deposit from a bank.
This was basically the concept behind Cost Plus Drugs. Mark Cuban realized he could sell generic drugs at a basic 15% markup and $10 pharmacy+shipping, and drastically undercut the competition. Their drug prices literally list the breakdown of manufacturing cost, 15% markup, $5 pharmacy labor, and the $5 shipping on each page.
He has been blunt that the business isn’t really about lowering drug prices. That is certainly a bonus, but he’s not doing it to be magnanimous. He simply realized that the markup on drug prices was so mind-bogglingly absurd (oftentimes over 2500% markup) that he could undercut the market by thousands of dollars and still make a tidy 15% profit.
Patient drug prices in the US are insane, and he is simply exploiting that fact to undercut everyone else on the market.
sorta but the idea is the market would be more like 5% but maybe 10 depending on the interest rate. Essentially enough that it does not go under but actual profit should be about the same as a certificate of deposit from a bank.