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Gilbert Gutknecht: “The same drug made by the same company in the same plant under the same FDA approval. Mr. Speaker, let me run through a…”

On the recordApril 12, 2000
The same drug made by the same company in the same plant under the same FDA approval. Mr. Speaker, let me run through a few more. Synthroid, now that is a drug that my wife takes. In the United States, the average price for a 50-tablet supply of 100 milligrams, the average price in the United States $13.84. In Europe, it is $2.95. Cumadin, that is a drug that my dad takes. He has a heart condition. It is a blood thinner I understand. Cumadin, 25 capsules, 10 milligrams, the average price in the United States $30.25; the average price in Europe $2.85. Let us take Claritin, which is a commonly prescribed drug in America today, and they advertise quite heavily, as the gentleman indicated earlier, the average price in the United States for a 20-tablet supply of 10 milligrams is $44. In Europe that same drug made in the same plant by the same company, same dose everything is $8.75.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the price differences of prescription drugs in the U.S. compared to Europe.

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