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How much of that $30b is true cost (R&D/manufacturing/distribution) versus cost + profit? Cuz I'm guessing a lot of it is profit. The actual sum of money requi
by spondylosaurus 3y ago
How much of that $30b is true cost (R&D/manufacturing/distribution) versus cost + profit? Cuz I'm guessing a lot of it is profit.
The actual sum of money required to keep those 100k people alive is likely much much much smaller.
- konschubert 3y agoIt’s basically a posterior grant, a price paid out to the company who invented the drug. Eventually the patent will expire and the drug will become cheap for society. In the meantime, the high payout will encourage the development of treatments for other rare diseases