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It cost exactly 11 billion for Gilead to "develop" Sofosbuvir (they bought Pharmasset who discovered the drug [1]) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvi
by inasio 7y ago
It cost exactly 11 billion for Gilead to "develop" Sofosbuvir
(they bought Pharmasset who discovered the drug [1])
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir#History
- refurb 7y agoThey didn’t buy an approved drug, they bought a clinical lead. They still spent a ton getting it approved.