GAIN, part of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act that was signed into law in July 2012, allows for a drug to be classified as a qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) that, in turn, moves up the PDUFA review decision date by two months and, if approved, provides companies with five additional years of market exclusivity to recoup their investments.
Like the manufacturers' sales tax, the wholesale sales tax ordinarily excludes services, although sales of gas and electrical energy are sometimes included. 3. RETAIL SALES TAX: A retail sales tax is one which applies to sales at retail of tangible personal property to final consumers and industrial users.
Short answer: Most retail stores sell most non-sale merchandise at twice what they pay for it. So, divide the usual retail price by two, and you have their wholesale price. This obviously doesn't apply to vending companies, because 1) they have much higher costs and 2) they have a captive market such that they can charge for the convenience of being available at that time and place.