There is also a nonprofit effort to lower prices by manufacturing drugs that are sometimes in short supply or overpriced, where the founding hospital system (in

There is also a nonprofit effort to lower prices by manufacturing drugs that are sometimes in short supply or overpriced, where the founding hospital system (in Utah) has joined with others, & has a solid, long-term reputation. Wikipedia said (lightly shortened): "Civica Rx is a nonprofit generic drug company founded in 2018 by national philanthropies and leading U.S. health systems[1] to reduce and prevent drug shortages in the United States and the price spikes that can accompany them. .... While serving 55 health systems and 1,500 hospitals (or 1/3 of all licensed U.S. hospital beds), Civica also supplies the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Defense, and “340B” hospitals caring for vulnerable patients in some of the country’s most underserved areas. As of January 2022, Civica provided nearly 70 million vials of essential medicines, enough to treat over 26 million patients across the United States. These numbers continue to grow as Civica moves from a start-up to a well-established societal asset, serving more patients every day. Most recently, eleven of Civica's 55+ medications are being used to help COVID-19 patients, including neuromuscular blocking agents, sedation agents and pain management medications for patients on ventilators." Etc. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civica_Rx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civica_Rx ) https://civicarx.org/ https://civicarx.org/ Related: https://www.google.com/search?hl=eo&gbv=1&q=%2Bsite%3Awww.fiercehealthcare.com+%2B%22civica+rx%22&oq=&aqs= https://www.google.com/search?hl=eo&gbv=1&q=%2Bsite%3Awww.fi... Other prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25932233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25932233 ("The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company" about which I don't actually know anything more.) More HN discussion on the Mark Cuban rx company: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31652264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31652264