i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPfizer 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.mastodon.worldexternal-linkmessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down139
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1external-linkPfizer 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.mastodon.worldi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squarexenspidey@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoThen there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoGuess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases
minus-squareFatCrab@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNo, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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.
Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.
Guess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases
No, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.
That would not be true if the government funded things.
I really wish we didn’t let Capitalism control vital to our living services.