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> For 1 billion Australian dollars — $766 million U.S. — Australia gets, for five years, all the hep C medicine it can use. What will happen in five years ? If
by IMTDb 8y ago
> For 1 billion Australian dollars — $766 million U.S. — Australia gets, for five years, all the hep C medicine it can use.
What will happen in five years ? If we follow the Netflix model, a lot of what used to be available will simply stop being there because the producer will markup the price significantly. In Netflix case, I don't really care since I can download the movies from other sources anyway, but for drugs ? No thanks. The consequence of getting a fake product from the black market are orders of magnitude worse than downloading some porn.
- drewrv 8y agoIdeally competitors drugs will have been brought to market by then, or patents will have expired.
- BurningFrog 8y ago> What will happen in five years ? According to the article, Australia is on track to have hep C eradicated by 2026.
- aidenn0 8y agoThat's 7 years away...
- detaro 8y agoWhat's stopping the producer from marking up the price if there isn't a flat-rate price?