Card eight · Read the whole quote
Is there an official price to compare?
api.fda.gov
FDA application-record search
The federal application database result.
fda.gov
FDA review of the compound
Status, identity and study notes.
No. There is no approved product with a maker's list price.
Short answer
Turn one price into five questions
- What does the visit cost?
- Are follow-up visits included?
- Are laboratory tests separate?
- Is the medicine separate?
- What is the cancellation or renewal rule?
Why a bargain price answers none of the harder questions
Price can be compared only after the exact product, prescriber and sending pharmacy are known.
A low price does not add missing studies, and it does not make the ingredient one that a pharmacy may legally use.
Keep this line
Compare the parts of a quote, then return to the harder questions about the product and the evidence.