Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (@[email protected])
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Attached: 2 images Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.
    • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.

      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        Guess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases

        • FatCrab@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          No, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.

        That would not be true if the government funded things.

        I really wish we didn’t let Capitalism control vital to our living services.