I think them and Moderna turned the money down because they'd have to share the patent with the government. Trump offered them money, they didn't take it.
Putting reasonable price caps on critical medications would work nicely as well. I am not sure putting full control of all medications in the hands of politicians would work out too well either.
They just want to line their pockets. At lot of this stuff they don't even pay the research on, or did so long ago (like insulin) that they recouped the cost many times over.
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NovaPrime@lemmy.ml · 56 pts · 2y
And they used taxpayer dollars to develop it.
Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
I think them and Moderna turned the money down because they'd have to share the patent with the government. Trump offered them money, they didn't take it.
Shialac@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Time to make that patent publicly owned
Ultraviolet@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
Dissolve and nationalize every pharmaceutical company.
remotelove@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Putting reasonable price caps on critical medications would work nicely as well. I am not sure putting full control of all medications in the hands of politicians would work out too well either.
tallwookie@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 2y
velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
Occamsrazer@lemdro.id · 16 pts · 2y
Glad we can finally get back to hating big pharma. They are a bunch of greedy opportunists, and always were.
mortrek@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
My life saving benlysta is something like $3k/mo before insurance, $1k/mo after, but luckily I get it basically free... For now.
Drug pricing is crazy. They want to recoup their r&d, but almost nobody even pays the full cost. Why not just charge something reasonable...
winterayars@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
They just want to line their pockets. At lot of this stuff they don't even pay the research on, or did so long ago (like insulin) that they recouped the cost many times over.
weksa@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
mcesh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
And you need to buy 2 if you don’t want to rebound!
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
How else are they gonna make money? The billions in government subsidies taken from taxpayers?
8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Fuck that!
ranoss@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
solowolf@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
figured this would happen. People should have focused on how to treat covid from the start.