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They've mentioned that their goal is to make 5% profit above the cost. Even at 20%, it seems reasonable for something that took about 24 years to create. Hopefu
by melvinram 15y ago
They've mentioned that their goal is to make 5% profit above the cost. Even at 20%, it seems reasonable for something that took about 24 years to create. Hopefully they'll stick by their word.
- 0x12 15y agoLet's hope they start with the actual costs of manufacturing, and not tack on 24 years of research and the cost of large scale clinical trials. GSK has a mixed history when it comes to stuff like this, let's hope they do the right thing here. I note they didn't say the doses will cost at most 'x' (which they should have a pretty good idea of by now).
- andylei 15y agowhy would you not tack on 24 years of research and the cost or large scale clinical trials? if GSK didn't pay for those, the malaria vaccine wouldn't exist; those are real costs that GSK paid. if they were always compensated on certain drugs only based on cost of manufacturing, they would simply never research those drugs.