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    [–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Quote of the day!

    [–]redditbegay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    (That's what kamala said to her boss in the 90's)

    “ Kamala's something new in Willie’s love life. She’s a woman, not a girl....”

    The relationship ended after two years, but her connection to Brown, three decades her senior, did have an outsized effect on her career.

    [–]ReeferMadness 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    Crony capitalism. This is corruption, pure and simple. Under socialism they would still get 70 million to develop it and 3k per injection, except it would all be paid through taxes.

    If we weren't all sheep obsessed with claims of racism, patriarchy, etc we could be out there pushing for laws and regulations that would prevent this.

    [–]goobandit 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Pretty crazy that the Gilead CFO went to the board of Alphabet right in the middle of all this.

    Edited to say I’m wrong, she went to Alphabet last year.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    If they want taxpayer money, they should agree to restrict their prices. This drug shouldn't cost more than $15. If they want to raise the price beyond that (barring any mandatory costs) they should give back the $70M.

    [–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    ...but that would be logical, common sense....

    [–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If they want taxpayer money, they should agree to restrict their prices. This drug shouldn't cost more than $15. If they want to raise the price beyond that (barring any mandatory costs) they should give back the $70M.

    Of course, but then where's the profit you commie /s

    [–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    It is more funny: Remdesivir does NOT work.

    Source: Fauci's Remdesivir falls flat

    [–]redditbegay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Are there any articles that arent a video format?

    [–]zyxzevn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    [–]Minedwe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Jewish crony capitalism in full effect

    [–]insta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    costs less than $10 to produce

    Sorry, this just ain't passing the sniff test.

    [–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    That's probably because there are millions of development costs they have to recoup not covered by government funds, it's not just a matter of the individual cost of making each pill in the factory. And developing other drugs too.

    However it could also be just greed.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    It's standard drug pricing. The cost of a patented drug are often not determined by how much it costs to develop or manufacture, it's how much people can pay vs. how necessary it is. Life saving drugs are the big ticket items because presumably you will pay anything you can to continue living.

    It's one of the reasons I lost interest in pharmacology, it's really scummy. $3g isn't even the worst of it, some cancer meds -- at least last I was aware of it -- cost $10s of thousands a month.

    Also, pharmaceutical companies R&D costs are eclipsed by their advertising budgets. They spend more money on ads than actually developing drugs.

    [–]goatmeal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    mmm intellectual property

    [–]Ladis_Wascheharuum 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Privatize profits, socialize losses R&D.