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AllyCat

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43. Those ads are playing constantly

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 08:50 AM

Jan 2014

I cannot imagine what they are paying. Add in salaries for ayear of "work" the rest of us won't see in a lifetime of labor and the R/D excuse has a lot less bite.

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A markup of 279,000% over production costs [View all] n2doc Jan 2014 OP

Recommend...it sounds like Pharma gone Wild... KoKo Jan 2014 #1

Yes, well, they need the money to pay the executives siligut Jan 2014 #2

that is utterly obscene.... mike_c Jan 2014 #3

There is a hep C treatment vaccine in the works now . . . siligut Jan 2014 #7

Keep in mind this tidbit: their salaries are tax deductable Nictuku Jan 2014 #9

GILD doesn't pay dividends, but they are 99% owned by institutions siligut Jan 2014 #16

What do you mean by institutions? El_Johns Jan 2014 #51

Mutual Funds, Money Management Companies, Trusts siligut Jan 2014 #53

Thanks. Another question: Is there a site where one can see the top investors in Gilead? El_Johns Jan 2014 #56

I use Yahoo Finance quite often, here is a link siligut Jan 2014 #58

Thanks again. Very helpful, already I find that Gilead's 2nd-largest holder, FMC LLC is controlled El_Johns Jan 2014 #59

R & D IS Expensive, but eepatt Jan 2014 #11

Most of pharmas research arikara Jan 2014 #22

Most pharmaceutical R&D is paid for by the U.S. taxpayers TransitJohn Jan 2014 #36

Those ads are playing constantly AllyCat Jan 2014 #43

They spend more on advertising by a long shot. El_Johns Jan 2014 #49

It is pure greed and it is very wrong but.... proudretiredvet Jan 2014 #37

Government does the majority of basic R&D for big pharma. El_Johns Jan 2014 #50

OK, the top 5 selling drugs. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #60

Disgusting and obscene! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2014 #68

holding the ill hostage....criminal spanone Jan 2014 #4

very important story frwrfpos Jan 2014 #5

Bloodsuckers. johnnyreb Jan 2014 #6

"Get a rope!" another_liberal Jan 2014 #8

gouging of course, but percentages are deceptive whatthehey Jan 2014 #10

They grossly overpaid for the Pharmasset and now want to hold the sick hostage for their greed kristopher Jan 2014 #18

I hope this one gets "World Wide Coverage"..everywhere Stuart G Jan 2014 #12

Indian pharmacies JackHughes Jan 2014 #13

There's also hardly any innovation in Indian Pharmacies either. NobodyHere Jan 2014 #38

k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2014 #14

Unconscionable Brainstormy Jan 2014 #15

Those behind this sort of maneuver sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #17

It's like a funeral home gouging and then saying, "Didn't you love your mom?" Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #19

I recently had retinal surgery tavernier Jan 2014 #20

Capitalism at its zenith: f*ck over the public free of governmental oversight, regulation, or indepat Jan 2014 #21

+1 a shit load! Enthusiast Jan 2014 #25

people will die due to no access SHRED Jan 2014 #23

Capitalism in action frwrfpos Jan 2014 #24

"There are alternative (and less expensive) treatments for Hepatitis C already available." Hoyt Jan 2014 #26

The other treatment for HCV... SHRED Jan 2014 #28

If true, that certainly changes things. Hoyt Jan 2014 #31

It is true and easy to verify online SHRED Jan 2014 #34

Does it change things 300,000%? El_Johns Jan 2014 #52

Aside from obscene profits and medicaid... Chakaconcarne Jan 2014 #27

My eye drops are $28,000 per liter. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2014 #29

"Your money or your life" standard blackmail. SunSeeker Jan 2014 #30

Makes ya wonder how these big pharma assholes sleep at night Submariner Jan 2014 #32

This is very typical $ for rheumatoid arthritis, and that will kill you just as dead. jtuck004 Jan 2014 #33

And no Single Payer. Just shitty RomneyCare leftovers. Thanks for fighting for us, BHO. blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #35

Doesn't "Gilead Sciences" sound like one of those evil Robocop-type future corporations? El_Johns Jan 2014 #39

Totally does ... in the movie, the nefarious CEO would be played by James Cromwell brett_jv Jan 2014 #42

Big Pharma = criminal enterprises! LuckyLib Jan 2014 #40

My daughter was taking Soliris Bombero1956 Jan 2014 #41

$10,000.00 for pre-chemo shot. JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #44

Gilead. Rumsfeld used to be its chairman, so, of course, Gilead are thieves and own a piece of valerief Jan 2014 #45

That is not the only one. unionguy Jan 2014 #46

They are an actual ship full of cannibal rats. hunter Jan 2014 #47

My daughter's treatment for porphyria was $4000 each. freebrew Jan 2014 #48

Attacking big pharma and health "care" delivery costs!? That's just... "woo!" villager Jan 2014 #54

No it isn't, learn the meaning of the word "woo" before you post further, Humanist_Activist Feb 2014 #61

alas, the embarassment is all yours villager Feb 2014 #62

OK, then explain to me how being concerned with rising costs of health care... Humanist_Activist Feb 2014 #66

Ha, Ha, Ha fascisthunter Feb 2014 #65

What I find amazing is that people complain about the costs of prescription drugs... Humanist_Activist Feb 2014 #67

oh...who does that? Are we off topic? fascisthunter Feb 2014 #70

What is the Non-Recurring Engineering Cost per pill? One_Life_To_Give Jan 2014 #55

beyond obscene niyad Jan 2014 #57

Preditory capitalizm at its best. Sick greedy asshole sociopaths! L0oniX Feb 2014 #63

That's enough to make me stop complaining about my glucose test strips n/t IDemo Feb 2014 #64

This is a perfect example of ProSense Feb 2014 #69