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The Hep-B vaccine used to cost $100K and now it's about $4000 (in the US where we get screwed). Honestly a $20K vaccine that would protect me from the big kill
by screwturner68 3y ago
The Hep-B vaccine used to cost $100K and now it's about $4000 (in the US where we get screwed). Honestly a $20K vaccine that would protect me from the big killer cancers would be a check I'd write in a second and I'm not a rich man.
- touisteur 3y agoIsn't hep-b integrated in the penta/hexa-valent doses for kids? (expensive compared to the old boring individual or tetravalent ones, but subsidized in France at least, so I guess French social security has more negociation power than little me? right?).
- chrisamiller 3y agoThis isn't a preventative vaccine like that. It's something that has to be developed after you have cancer to target your tumor's specific mutational profile. So mass production (just churning out the same thing in bulk) isn't really an option! Costs will probably come down eventually, but it's going to take research, technology development, and hard work to make that happen.
- polishdude20 3y agoIs it possible that there is only a relative handful of these profiles and we can have these vaccines already on hand for each of them?
- ben_w 3y agoHuh. I had Twinrix (Hep A+B combo vaccine) at least twice because I'd forgotten I'd had it, and only found out later when I put my medical notes into a spreadsheet. Just had to ask and the NHS did it for free.