I hold in my hands...
Mar. 27th, 2004 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbsegal...a 60g tube of Dermatop E Emollient Cream which is prednicarbate emollient cream 0.1%
That means that each gram of the goo in the tube contains 1mg of prednicarbate.
The 60 g tube thus contains 60mg of active ingredient.
This tube, were I not to have health insurance, as I may very well not after 4/30, would cost about $100 retail. As it is, it cost $35 with BCBS Rx coverage.
So, that's $100/60mg of active ingredient. That's $166 for 100mg. That's $1666 per GRAM.
If my face isn't better within 15 seconds of applying this stuff, I'm going to be upset.
That it comes in a simple petrolatum base to be applied in a thin film and rubbed in gently, rather than, say, in a pure platinum applicator mask, is very disappointing.
If anyone can document for me any legitimate development cost that makes for a material that costs $755,984.85 per POUND, I'd love to know about it...
That means that each gram of the goo in the tube contains 1mg of prednicarbate.
The 60 g tube thus contains 60mg of active ingredient.
This tube, were I not to have health insurance, as I may very well not after 4/30, would cost about $100 retail. As it is, it cost $35 with BCBS Rx coverage.
So, that's $100/60mg of active ingredient. That's $166 for 100mg. That's $1666 per GRAM.
If my face isn't better within 15 seconds of applying this stuff, I'm going to be upset.
That it comes in a simple petrolatum base to be applied in a thin film and rubbed in gently, rather than, say, in a pure platinum applicator mask, is very disappointing.
If anyone can document for me any legitimate development cost that makes for a material that costs $755,984.85 per POUND, I'd love to know about it...