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. - eviltoast
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Attached: 2 images 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.
  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Guess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases

    • FatCrab@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      No, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.