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This would be the breakthrough of all breakthroughs to move the tail end of the curve.

• neves 10y ago
  And you won't be able to pay for it! Imagine someone invents a treatment that prolongs your healthy life in 30 years. How much would Gates, Buffet, and Slim pay for it? For how much would he would sell? Do you think some middle class guy would be able to pay for it?
  • Lerc 10y ago
    The argument that BioViva makes is that it would be cheaper at scale and if they can eliminate age related disease, it would be financially beneficial for a government to pay for their population to be treated.
    • duaneb 10y ago
      An infinitely growing population with increasing health concerns does not sound cheap.
  • bryanrasmussen 10y ago
    So let's say the price is 1 billion dollars, how many people could pay? If the price was lowered to 1 million dollars how many people could pay, and how much more they make than if the price is 1 billion dollars. If the price was then lowered to 100,000 dollars how many people would pay and how much more would they make than if the price is 1 million dollars? So anyway the price that gets you the most money if you have a product that everyone wants is not necessarily the highest price you can possibly charge ( the price that allows you to sell to say, the top 20 richest people on earth) Finally, if you charge too much people might just wait for your patent to expire and say we'll pay for the cheaper version later (at the risk of dying from age related disease in meantime) So, given my age, if there was a cure for most age related disease in the next 10-15 years then I expect that the price would be definitely low enough for me to afford it when I needed it.