i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-up12.16Karrow-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.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square284fedilink
minus-squarexenspidey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year 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-21 year agoGuess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases
minus-squareFatCrab@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNo, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.
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.