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I used to work for a BioMedical company that paid $500 a trip for guaranteed couriers to pick up plasma from a medical facility and get it to an airport (in a s
by hatsix 12y ago
I used to work for a BioMedical company that paid $500 a trip for guaranteed couriers to pick up plasma from a medical facility and get it to an airport (in a short time frame) to be shipped half-way across the country, where the same thing had to happen in reverse... The treatment they performed on the plasma cost the patient $15k, and there were several times where a helicopter was brought in to navigate around gridlock, as the cost of a second treatment was an order of magnitude greater.
Something like this would be incredible for allowing access to specialized medicines at drastically lower costs. There were many locations that they were unable to get guaranteed couriers, and hence couldn't offer their treatment at any price...