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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cost Plus Drugs manufactures generic pills cheaper domestically than in Asia
“And so we can make generic pills here in the United States cheaper than what we can buy them for from India or China.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 3:33 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Assertion Supported
FDA $365,000 application fees are the primary barrier to domestic generics
“Our biggest inhibitor and why we haven't done it yet is all the fees that the FDA charges. So it's about 365,000 dollars to set up what's called an end on new drug application.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 3:08 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Disclosure
Cuban: Cost Plus Drugs is working to expand into medical services
“And we're changing an industry and we won't stop just with pharmaceuticals. We'll, we're working to get into the medical side as well.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 5:53 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cost Plus Drugs can switch robotics manufacturing lines in four hours
“We can change the drug we're making in a four hour period, you know, so we can make a one month or one year supply of something, then roll it over to another drug.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 2:59 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Cuban: Cost Plus Drugs will offer 2,000 medications by year-end
“And by the end of the year, we'll be up to 2000.”
Mark Cuban Jun 16, 2022 ▶ 11:32 HIBT Lab! Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company: Mark Cuban
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