Gilead's $2,340 price for coronavirus drug (Remdesivir) draws criticism

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7. I am surely in the minority here

But that number does not hit my outrage button.

To have a real opinion I would need to have a much better idea of the development costs and the share covered by the government.

I would prefer it to be less but realistically, I didn't hate this number. If it is truly life saving, it is hard to put a value on that. But even on an economic scale, the early studies showed an average of leaving the hospital four days earlier. That has an actual value that is far beyond the cost of the medicine itself. Based on what it cost to be in a hospital ICU, it is likely a substantial cost savings on average.

Our system is totally out of whack and we desperately need something better. But I don't think this is the worst case I have seen.

Go ahead. Flame me.