Regulators have been trying to get pharmaceutical companies to reign in prices for years. This crap with the orange stain & his funding cuts has made it even more imperative. This piece is about Gilead's Lenacapavir.
This med is currently to be marketed for between upper 30K & lower 40K annually. Research found the med could be made for as little as $40 annually if 2 million doses were sold yearly. If the more of the drug was produced the price would fall.
It could, be made for only $25 (£18.40) a year – including a 30% profit margin – analysis from the University of Liverpool and others suggests.
At the original price, even affluent nations couldn't afford the medicine. Estimates have 1M+ people in the US using PrEP. The numbers are there. Then include the nearly 40M living with HIV & this drug, or meds like it, could be made very affordable.
Unfortunately as long as conservatives, religious bigots & greedy people exists, HIV & other illnesses will never be cured or eradicated. They're just too profitable. Corporate avarice & political corruption are the illnesses we all suffer from.
That's all for now.
Take care.
Cya...
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