3 ms·

They would be in the same position as they were before, only without that system it wouldn't be worth researching the drug to begin with.

by c3534l 9y ago

okasaki 9y ago
Likewise if the company gave the therapy for free to everyone who couldn't afford to pay $850k, they would be in the same position as they were before.
- TomMarius 9y ago
  No, everyone would try to get it for free and there is a chance that the poor people become rich.
- imcoconut 9y ago
  Before the reaearch endeavor, the company had x more dollars in cash. They bore the cost with the expectation that it would generate cash flows in the future (to hopefully more than offset the cost). The dollar cost was likely quite large. So the company certainly would not be in the same position had they not decided to develop the drug. There was no cost the affected genetically blind, however. They only now have the option of potentially being able to get a new treatment.
woofyman 9y ago
>They would be in the same position as they were before No they wouldn’t. They’d have the knowledge that there’s a cure and they can’t afford it. I can’t imagine how psychologically damaging that would be.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  > I can’t imagine how psychologically damaging that would be. Probably very little, especially with reasonable hope that the treatment will become affordable over the next years. Also, it changes the situation from an impossible one to merely a practical problem of convincing other people to fund your treatment. Regardless, curing some people and giving hope to others is strictly better than not curing anyone at all.
  - candiodari 9y ago
    In other words, for these patients, complaining loudly about it just went from "completely pointless" to "the most valuable activity I could ever do". Now if we can only remember that detail when it inevitably makes the newspapers.

3 ms·

They would be in the same position as they were before, only without that system it wouldn't be worth researching the drug to begin with.

by c3534l 9y ago

They would be in the same position as they were before, only without that system it wouldn't be worth researching the drug to begin with.

okasaki 9y ago
Likewise if the company gave the therapy for free to everyone who couldn't afford to pay $850k, they would be in the same position as they were before.
- TomMarius 9y ago
  No, everyone would try to get it for free and there is a chance that the poor people become rich.
- imcoconut 9y ago
  Before the reaearch endeavor, the company had x more dollars in cash. They bore the cost with the expectation that it would generate cash flows in the future (to hopefully more than offset the cost). The dollar cost was likely quite large. So the company certainly would not be in the same position had they not decided to develop the drug. There was no cost the affected genetically blind, however. They only now have the option of potentially being able to get a new treatment.
woofyman 9y ago
>They would be in the same position as they were before No they wouldn’t. They’d have the knowledge that there’s a cure and they can’t afford it. I can’t imagine how psychologically damaging that would be.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  > I can’t imagine how psychologically damaging that would be. Probably very little, especially with reasonable hope that the treatment will become affordable over the next years. Also, it changes the situation from an impossible one to merely a practical problem of convincing other people to fund your treatment. Regardless, curing some people and giving hope to others is strictly better than not curing anyone at all.
  - candiodari 9y ago
    In other words, for these patients, complaining loudly about it just went from "completely pointless" to "the most valuable activity I could ever do". Now if we can only remember that detail when it inevitably makes the newspapers.