The West Wing

Small Pharmacies

Description

Alan summons small pharmacies as battle-tested alibi in the Roosevelt Room showdown, carving them as independent outlets enforcing tiered pricing—Norway's demand steeper hikes than home-market pours—mediating pharma flows to patients. They pierce the impasse over AIDS drugs' $150/week toll against Kenyan cops' $43/month wages, framing corporate markups as market dictate rather than moral failing. Loosely federated retail nodes, they absorb differentials, fueling debates on access as Toby's outrage boils over.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events
S2E4 · In This White House
The Price of Life: Josh Maps Drug Economics

Small pharmacies invoked by Alan as pricing mediators—Norway's $10/unit vs. $23 in Nimbala's nation due to mark-ups/taxes/discounts—shifting blame from corporate greed to retail variances amid Toby's fury.

Active Representation

Abstract distribution channel in pricing explanation

Power Dynamics

Downstream buffer absorbing differential costs

Institutional Impact

Highlights fragmented pharma supply chain complexities

Organizational Goals
Maintain tiered market pricing Enforce regional economic adjustments
Influence Mechanisms
Retail markup variations Tax/discount structures
S2E4 · In This White House
Roosevelt Room Breakdown: When Ethics Collide With Cost

Small pharmacies summoned by Alan as markup alibi—Norway's $10/unit vs. Nimbala's $23 due to retail taxes/discounts—mediating global price gaps to deflect profit-max accusations in the impasse.

Active Representation

Invoked as distribution intermediaries in Alan's explanation

Power Dynamics

Subordinate retail layer insulating pharma from direct blame

Institutional Impact

Highlights fragmented pharma supply chain complicating access

Organizational Goals
Justify tiered pricing via market variances Diffuse affordability rage onto local economics
Influence Mechanisms
Variable tax/pharmacy discount narratives Retail markup as exogenous factor