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Pfizer Will Charge $1,390 For 1 Course Of COVID Drug Paxlovid On Commercial Market (www.huffpost.com)
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Nearly $100 per pill

Edit: nearly $50 per pill, thought a course was 15 pills instead of 30. Still outrageous.

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[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And they used taxpayer dollars to develop it.

[–] Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I think them and Moderna turned the money down because they'd have to share the patent with the government. Trump offered them money, they didn't take it.

[–] mortrek@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

My life saving benlysta is something like $3k/mo before insurance, $1k/mo after, but luckily I get it basically free... For now.

Drug pricing is crazy. They want to recoup their r&d, but almost nobody even pays the full cost. Why not just charge something reasonable...

[–] Occamsrazer@lemdro.id 11 points 11 months ago

Glad we can finally get back to hating big pharma. They are a bunch of greedy opportunists, and always were.

[–] weksa@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

“Pricing for Paxlovid is based on the value it provides to ~~patients, providers and health care systems~~ DEEZNUTS," the drugmaker said.

[–] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Fuck that!