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slartibartfast ( slartibartfast@lemm.ee )  to World News@quokk.au · 1 year ago

‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers

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‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers

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slartibartfast ( slartibartfast@lemm.ee )  to World News@quokk.au · 1 year ago
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As regulator prepares to approve Lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
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  • some_guy ( some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Drug companies chased this for decades. They’ll capitalize on that fact to “justify” ridiculous markup. They won’t do anything out of the kindness of their hearts. It’d be nice to live in a world where people and corporations did what was best for humanity. That’s not the world we occupy.

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  • Evil_Shrubbery ( Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ) 
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    Don’t worry, the research was funded by taxpayers (most probably, or at least in part).

    The market price will be too.

    The thing in between however …

  • pressedhams ( pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    And will be made for as cheap as possible and sold for a magnitude more.

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