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In reply to the discussion: this is the pill that cures Hepatitis C. This is that pill on big Pharma [View all]NurseJackie
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this is the pill that cures Hepatitis C. This is that pill on big Pharma [View all]
cali
Aug 2016
OP
My goodness, you could have one helluva vacation in India and still come out ahead.
MADem
Aug 2016
#1
Welcome to the modern world, where smuggling medicine is more profitable than...
Lancero
Aug 2016
#3
Hillary spoke to that recently when she pointed out that a lot of our tax money ....
Hekate
Aug 2016
#4
Don't forget the sales reps who spring perks and freebies onto the doctors.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2016
#8
Alternet.org had an article about this. $4 per tablet most elsewhere, but $1000 in the US.
4lbs
Aug 2016
#9
The outrage is the massive disparity in cost for treatment in the US versus the world.
4lbs
Aug 2016
#22
What are your sources? "biotech firms" are for profit entities..not sure why it's mixed in
True Earthling
Aug 2016
#70
Yeah, no. I have enough doctor (and doctor students) friends to know that's bullshit.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#44
Do you know that just one medicare program pays 10 billion per year to teaching hospitals?
Cicada
Aug 2016
#88
For that kind of money, why not go to India, rent a suite at a fine hotel for five hundred bucks a
MADem
Aug 2016
#42
Gilead, the company marketing Harvoni, didn't develop it. They bought the company that did,
NBachers
Aug 2016
#71
The natural alternative to pharmaceutical cure of hep c is dying of multiple organ failure
LeftyMom
Aug 2016
#16
Isn't that the truth. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing, not only to
still_one
Aug 2016
#60
the bulk of their costs are paid for by the pharma resources. Grant money plays a small part...
yawnmaster
Aug 2016
#24
How is it Americans are expected to pay one THOUSAND times more than non-Americans?
Hekate
Aug 2016
#31
Not really..Drug prices are not "charged" by the drug company to each country..prices are negotiated
True Earthling
Aug 2016
#79
Pharma pays for more than 98% of it's research..the NIH contributes less than 2%
True Earthling
Aug 2016
#78
Hepatitis C treatment with Soldavi includes either ribavirin and/or peg interferon.
Avalux
Aug 2016
#46
India is notorious for using patent invalidation to threaten drug co's to lower prices
True Earthling
Aug 2016
#52
no it isn't the list price There are mechanisms to provide it for people who cannot
still_one
Aug 2016
#62
I wonder if the varies pharmaceutical companies will still be able to get away with that
cstanleytech
Aug 2016
#72