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> Big pharma currently doesn't want to cure medical conditions, it wants to sell drugs continuously. (See also: lack of development of new antibiotics, huge ove
by Thriptic 8y ago
> Big pharma currently doesn't want to cure medical conditions, it wants to sell drugs continuously. (See also: lack of development of new antibiotics, huge over-investment in anti-depressants, etc.)
I'm so tied of hearing this claim.
Gilead created a cure for hep C and tried to charge users X% of the lifetime cost of the existing interfeuron therapy which only managed symptoms but was not a cure. You would expect that this would be received favorably: patient gets cured, insurance companies save money over the long term, Gilead makes a healthy profit. Wrong; people flipped a shit, screaming about how this was price gouging and that a single treatment should never be this expensive. Gilead has been embattled ever since. If you want pharma companies to make cures, inventivize them to do so.
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- hotcrossbunny 8y ago+1 for coining the word inventivize. I can't wait to use this for something, even tho I don't yet know what it means
- rainbowmverse 8y ago>> If you want pharma companies to make cures, inventivize them to do so. You stopped just short of a breakthrough. The institution of for-profit healthcare is something we could do without. No one should suffer or die because they couldn't get rich enough before facing a life-limiting illness or injury.
- sparkzilla 8y agoYeah, let's pay for research using leaves from your magic money tree.
- marcosdumay 8y agoSomehow you can pay for Big Pharma, but not for the same thing done by the government...
- cstross 8y agoFunnily enough, this works just fine here in the UK (where the NHS supports a profitable pharmaceutical private sector).
- jancsika 8y agoX% of lifetime cost isn't meaningful without stating the lifetime cost. What is the lifetime cost?