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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And who is in charge of making sure this kind of immoral illegal thing doesn't happen? People who are still somehow allowed to collect kickbacks in exchange for looking the other way.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

We don't have the information needed to decide whether to be angry.

Drug studies are costly. We need to know how much R&D cost for this drug, what the average is, what percentage of research never hits the market, and then how many doses of this are expected to be sold over say a 5 year period.

Then we can work out a rough true cost of each dose. Then we will know whether to be angry.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think we'd be better off is we shifted R&D to academia. Sure there's a fuck ton of bureaucracy in universities, but maybe then our tax dollars will be put to good use, and people learn.

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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Explain why we make it legal for companies to set their own prices again

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is shockingly easy to burn things.

I'm just going to leave that thought there.

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[–] lom@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it just this expensive because the government can't negotiate prices? So the insurances will pay a normal price but when the government is paying it'll cost more

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[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They can treat deez nuts

[–] PigsInClover@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’m allergic to Paxlovid; taking it makes my neck and head swell up to where I look like Rocky Balboa after a fight and my neck feels like a giant tree trunk.

This isn’t important, but it’s probably the first time I’ve seen an article about Paxlovid since that happened, so it’s all I could think about for a minute.

I guess I’m not surprised that this is happening with one of the few very essential drugs that isn’t in the list of medications that congress is negotiating prices down on for medicare.

Of course pharmaceutical giants use any opening, opportunity, or loophole to exploit those who are sick. Disgusting.

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[–] cunning_bolt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This is the nature of providers vs insurers in the negotiation war. And those without insurance are the losers of this war.

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Shocked Pikachu Face

[–] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The left and right both hate Big Pharma, especially over the pandemic response.

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