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"It would be cheaper to cure the disease..." <pessimist> Cheaper would also mean less revenue generated by ongoing symptom control medication. (Asthma inhalers
by lebuffon 3y ago
"It would be cheaper to cure the disease..."
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Cheaper would also mean less revenue generated by ongoing symptom control medication. (Asthma inhalers for example: ~$13.4B global 2021, CAGR=20% !!)
There is less business incentive these days to prevent or cure disease from what I can see. We have prevented a lot of the really big diseases that scared the hell out of people in history. (with some notable exceptions)
Today a cured person is a lost consumer to a pharmaceutical company.
The only solution to that issue, that I know of, is some form of government incentive to artificially subvert the natural market pressure but that is distasteful in free-market countries and money "invested" in political campaigns can "motivate" politicians to steer clear of those waters.
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- DelaneyM 3y agoThough I share your pessimism, “fortunately” the drug companies don’t make much from dementia directly, the cost burden is borne by children and care facilities. And for what it’s worth, if there were a drug I could buy for nearly any amount of money to get just a few months of slightly improved lucidity for either of my parents, I would pay it in a heartbeat.