The drugs may have never been developed without the CFF. They arguably took more financial risk than vertex. Vertex was trying to be a hepatitis c company at th

The drugs may have never been developed without the CFF. They arguably took more financial risk than vertex. Vertex was trying to be a hepatitis c company at the time and cf was an off focus program that happened to come with an acquisition. With out CFF funding my guess is the program would have been cut. The fact that the nonprofit got a royalty stream from their significant financial investments is good practice. The drugs are expensive, but how much is a patients life with? How much money does stopping progression save the healthcare system financially? Aside from giving the patients more normal and longer life, persistent and repeated hospitalizations and lung tra transplants are very costly and poorly effective. This is an example of transformative Medicne. Our society needs should prioritize such work.