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-up12.19Karrow-down156
arrow-up12.14Karrow-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-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
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.