i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months 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-square78fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down18
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkPfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.mastodon.worldi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squarehappyhippo@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·9 months ago13$ to produce including all the R&D behind it? I’m not a fan of big pharma, quite the contrary, but I’d be curious to know where this number comes from…
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI bet they got a lot of grants and other funding. They aren’t disclosing their costs so you can assume it’s less that you imagine.
13$ to produce including all the R&D behind it?
I’m not a fan of big pharma, quite the contrary, but I’d be curious to know where this number comes from…
I bet they got a lot of grants and other funding. They aren’t disclosing their costs so you can assume it’s less that you imagine.