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by aaronem 4527 days ago
> My dentist recently told me about 2 drugs which are essentially the same. The drug made by the foreign company costs Rs. 200 (approx $4). On the other hand the India generic version costs Rs. 30 (approx 50cents).

Well, sure. All the hard work's already done for the company making the generic version; even complex syntheses are trivial by comparison with the staggering amount of effort required to find and validate an effective new drug.