Posted by fachad on February 20, 2002, at 10:33:02
In reply to Why isnt Moclobemide available in the USA?, posted by OldSchool on February 20, 2002, at 9:35:39
That's a very easy question to answer. I actually got the chance to pose that question "off the record" to someone from Roche (the company that makes Moclobemide)a few years ago.
It's all about the $$.
The drug companies look at the cost to bring a product to market, which in the US is very high due to red tape surrounding the FDA requirements.
Then they look at the potential market share that could be captured by that drug, and the revenue it would bring in.
Basically, the idea is that the US psych drug market place is already saturated with ADs, and the return on investment would not be quick enough to justify spending the money to make Moclobemide available in the US.
We should never forget that the whole psyco-pharmaceutical industry is a for-profit business, and that their objectives are focused on profitabiltiy and high dividends to stockholders, not on our well being or response to their products.
Sorry to sound so cynical, but it's the way things are in the real world.
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