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Amazing if true, and can't be released soon enough. In the US this will likely be a million dollars or something insane, because its the US.

by bfrog 3y ago

coralreef 3y ago
Medical tourism
giantg2 3y ago
Or, people will set up home labs. Seems like it's not a complex molecule (but I have no real background).
isoprophlex 3y ago
The molecular compound is about as tricky to synthesize as viagra (which is to say, very simple as far as drug syntheses go), maybe even easier. All it might take is some instagram cancer influencers, a lab in india or china and some darkweb transactions to DIY your cancer away... if this is so incredibly effective and safe in humans, too.
- JimtheCoder 3y ago
  "All it might take is some instagram cancer influencers, a lab in india or china and some darkweb transactions to DIY your cancer away... " Or DIY yourself away accidentally. But I guess that would make it a tie, since the cancer dies as well...
vikramkr 3y ago
Worth it if it works equally as well in humans. We pay way more for cancer drugs that do way less.
megaman821 3y ago
If it costs pennies a pill and you are trying to sell it for a million dollars, that is a surefire way to get murdered by a mob. I would just sell the patent to the government for a hefty profit and be done with it.
- arcticbull 3y ago
  $100/vial insulin and $700 epi-pens would like a word. Thalidomide used to cost $6 per capsule in the '70s when it was given for morning sickness (yes, I know, birth defects) but as soon as they found out it cured cancer the price went up to $18,000 and that's on GoodRx lol. [1] Harvoni for Hep C is $94,500 for a 12-week course. Drugs aren't priced based on the cost to manufacture but based on the projected savings as compared to existing treatments for the medical system - or based on the value the provide to customers. Curing cancer provides value -> price moons. Unfortunately healthcare is not and cannot by definition be a free market as a free market requires the voluntary exchange of money for goods and services. "Pay me or die of cancer" is not a voluntary exchange but a coerced one - hence the failure of pricing and availability of necessary care you see in the US. [1] https://www.goodrx.com/classes/thalidomides https://www.goodrx.com/classes/thalidomides
  - megaman821 3y ago
    I get your point, but these medicines are all bought by insurance companies for some negotiated price they don't disclose. According to GoodRX a Medicare patient will pay between $42-$198 for thalidomide.
    - mrguyorama 3y ago
      Which is still absurd for something that recouped all the R&D decades ago and costs a penny to manufacture.

Amazing if true, and can't be released soon enough. In the US this will likely be a million dollars or something insane, because its the US.

by bfrog 3y ago

Amazing if true, and can't be released soon enough. In the US this will likely be a million dollars or something insane, because its the US.

coralreef 3y ago

Medical tourism

giantg2 3y ago

Or, people will set up home labs. Seems like it's not a complex molecule (but I have no real background).

isoprophlex 3y ago

The molecular compound is about as tricky to synthesize as viagra (which is to say, very simple as far as drug syntheses go), maybe even easier. All it might take is some instagram cancer influencers, a lab in india or china and some darkweb transactions to DIY your cancer away... if this is so incredibly effective and safe in humans, too.

JimtheCoder 3y ago
"All it might take is some instagram cancer influencers, a lab in india or china and some darkweb transactions to DIY your cancer away... " Or DIY yourself away accidentally. But I guess that would make it a tie, since the cancer dies as well...

vikramkr 3y ago

Worth it if it works equally as well in humans. We pay way more for cancer drugs that do way less.

megaman821 3y ago

If it costs pennies a pill and you are trying to sell it for a million dollars, that is a surefire way to get murdered by a mob. I would just sell the patent to the government for a hefty profit and be done with it.

arcticbull 3y ago
$100/vial insulin and $700 epi-pens would like a word. Thalidomide used to cost $6 per capsule in the '70s when it was given for morning sickness (yes, I know, birth defects) but as soon as they found out it cured cancer the price went up to $18,000 and that's on GoodRx lol. [1] Harvoni for Hep C is $94,500 for a 12-week course. Drugs aren't priced based on the cost to manufacture but based on the projected savings as compared to existing treatments for the medical system - or based on the value the provide to customers. Curing cancer provides value -> price moons. Unfortunately healthcare is not and cannot by definition be a free market as a free market requires the voluntary exchange of money for goods and services. "Pay me or die of cancer" is not a voluntary exchange but a coerced one - hence the failure of pricing and availability of necessary care you see in the US. [1] https://www.goodrx.com/classes/thalidomides https://www.goodrx.com/classes/thalidomides
- megaman821 3y ago
  I get your point, but these medicines are all bought by insurance companies for some negotiated price they don't disclose. According to GoodRX a Medicare patient will pay between $42-$198 for thalidomide.
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    Which is still absurd for something that recouped all the R&D decades ago and costs a penny to manufacture.