Comment on 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.
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 on 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.
xenspidey@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Guess they’d be stuck on relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases
FatCrab@lemmy.one 11 months ago
No, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That would not be true if the government funded things.
I really wish we didn’t let Capitalism control vital to our living services.