i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square291fedilinkarrow-up12.21K
arrow-up12.21Kexternal-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 · 2 years agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squarebe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’ll assume you know more about this than I do despite the lack of any citation. I refuse to believe there’s an ethically acceptable business justification for this ridiculous markup. The entire healthcare industry in the US is built on a foundation of corporate greed. This is just one obvious example.
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I’ll assume you know more about this than I do despite the lack of any citation.
I refuse to believe there’s an ethically acceptable business justification for this ridiculous markup.
The entire healthcare industry in the US is built on a foundation of corporate greed. This is just one obvious example.
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