COVID antiviral Paxlovid to see price increase following 400% vaccine hike

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• penquin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lol. Typical ‘murica. Only country on the planet that profits off of its citizens’ misery.

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• militaryintelligence@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As long as healthcare is for-profit, expect more of the same

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• Szymon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now now, we can’t afford to house our homeless after paying to keep our population safe, but shareholders need to see gains on their investment which is far more important.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s stupid. It should be like $20.

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  • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s $0 in Canada. Same with the vaccine. 🤷‍♀️

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• athos77@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The price of the drug is already $530 for a treatment course [...] The new price is not set, but one analyst suggested it could be up to 5x higher.

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  • Duranie@lemmy.film ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got COVID for the first time a couple months ago. I was symptomatic 2 days before testing positive (worst fucking sore throat of my life) but on the third day I was able to start Paxlovid. I’m 51, asthma, and 10lbs over the line that qualifies me as obese.

    I don’t have the words to describe the nightmare that medicine created in my mouth, BUT I would take it again under those circumstances. It seriously stopped the progression of my sickness. I ended up with a mildly sore throat for almost 3 weeks and it took about 5-6 weeks to recover from the fatigue.

    For companies to do things like this should be a crime. The insane amounts of money they spend on advertising should also be held against them.

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• Frog-Brawler@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You know what’s cheaper than marketing your drug? Increasing the price to unreasonable levels so that the media does your advertising for free.

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• Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Did Pfizer take us funds to develop the vaccine?

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