i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months 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-square284fedilinkarrow-up12.15Karrow-down155
arrow-up12.1Karrow-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.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square284fedilink
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·9 months agoIt’s fair because it helps people Medicine is a service
minus-squarexenspidey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months 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-29 months agoGuess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases
minus-squareFatCrab@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoNo, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.
It’s fair because it helps people
Medicine is a service
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.