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Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)

submitted 1 year ago by i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Lemmy for exactly this - whenever someone incorrect makes a statement they're factchecked.

Thank you kind person for finding and sharing that source.

[–] flawedFraction@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OP didn't make an incorrect statement though. What they stated was an important part of the equation. I think a lot of people don't take that type of thing into account and they will read what this post says and assume that Pfizer should be charging $13, or maybe something pretty close like 15 or 20. Clearly 1400 is far far too high, 13 is too low. A reasonable price allows the manufacturer to be successful while not gouging consumers lies somewhere in between, but much much closer to the low end than the high. To me that's really what the person you are responding to is giving evidence for.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you, this is exactly my point.