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Highest value to mass ratio?

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JonTheBaller

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What has the highest value to mass ratio that is realistically attainable (so no plutonium)? I was thinking maybe cocaine? Any ideas?
 
I was reading a trade magazine article about the markups on prescription drugs.

Some drugs, esp. for treatments of severe illnesses have disturbing markups when looked at price/mg of active ingredient.

I don't have any specific examples, but a couple of them were something like $1400 / .1mg, meaning it was a 14,000% markup.
 
Originally posted by: amnesiac
I was reading a trade magazine article about the markups on prescription drugs.

Some drugs, esp. for treatments of severe illnesses have disturbing markups when looked at price/mg of active ingredient.

I don't have any specific examples, but a couple of them were something like $1400 / .1mg, meaning it was a 14,000% markup.
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That's about as pointless as bitching about the cost of the materials necessary to make a CD full of software.

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There are elements created in nuclear particle accelerators that would cost like $1 billion a gram to make.
 
I think it's some mineral, can't think of the name, but it's only found in asteroids and there's only a few grams known on earth.
 
Originally posted by: lirion
I think it's some mineral, can't think of the name, but it's only found in asteroids and there's only a few grams known on earth.
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i believe he said "realistically attainable"
 
Originally posted by: TuxDave
Saffron, the spice, goes for about $50 per 1/4 ounce.
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So does half-decent weed. 😀

(I think coke goes for more, but I'm not sure, because I don't do coke. Either is easily obtainable, but also illegal.)
 
Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
Originally posted by: lirion
I think it's some mineral, can't think of the name, but it's only found in asteroids and there's only a few grams known on earth.
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i believe he said "realistically attainable"
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So? If you have enough money you go buy some, what's not realistic about that. Anything valuable is by definition not easily obtainable.

 
Originally posted by: amnesiac
I was reading a trade magazine article about the markups on prescription drugs.

Some drugs, esp. for treatments of severe illnesses have disturbing markups when looked at price/mg of active ingredient.

I don't have any specific examples, but a couple of them were something like $1400 / .1mg, meaning it was a 14,000% markup.
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I think you are confusing the definition of mark up. Mark up has to do with with the cost of production. The cost of production could have been $1000/.1mg... this would only be a 40% mark up which is more than reasonable to cover research costs.
 
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