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bobja

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36. My GF Took Solvaldi for 6 months
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 07:54 PM
Aug 2016

One pill a day at about $1000 each. That's over $180,000, but paid for by Medicare, thankfully. But it worked! She's totally free of Hep C!

My goodness, you could have one helluva vacation in India and still come out ahead. MADem Aug 2016 #1
yes cali Aug 2016 #2
You've said it. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #6
Plenty of Americans have gone to India for surgery too IronLionZion Aug 2016 #10
Not just Americans, either--Canadians and Brits on wait lists. MADem Aug 2016 #40
Welcome to the modern world, where smuggling medicine is more profitable than... Lancero Aug 2016 #3
Not just smuggling... TeeYiYi Aug 2016 #47
Hillary spoke to that recently when she pointed out that a lot of our tax money .... Hekate Aug 2016 #4
And really they spend more on ads than R&D. joshcryer Aug 2016 #5
Don't forget the sales reps who spring perks and freebies onto the doctors. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #8
Ain't that the truth---don't you love those ads? MADem Aug 2016 #41
Judas fucking priest SheriffBob Aug 2016 #7
Exactly. This didn't happen before he was president, hughee99 Aug 2016 #67
Alternet.org had an article about this. $4 per tablet most elsewhere, but $1000 in the US. 4lbs Aug 2016 #9
I actually can't believe people are upset about this metalbot Aug 2016 #14
If sick people can't afford the cure, what's the point? Vinca Aug 2016 #17
Misdirected outrage perhaps? caraher Aug 2016 #19
Pharma's get drugs researched by burrowowl Aug 2016 #48
Thank you! Beat me to it. n/t Brainstormy Aug 2016 #74
NIH grants to for-profit drug co's is less than 2% of drug co. R&D True Earthling Aug 2016 #77
Or one could hold out hope that some rich guy Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #86
This message was self-deleted by its author FairWinds Aug 2016 #64
Like the way you think alain2112 Aug 2016 #66
The outrage is the massive disparity in cost for treatment in the US versus the world. 4lbs Aug 2016 #22
I could argue that this is actually about saving lives metalbot Aug 2016 #33
The main problem with your argument is that Big Pharma Stonepounder Aug 2016 #53
Medicare does NOT pay retail for prescription drugs... True Earthling Aug 2016 #56
Straw man response. What I said was: Stonepounder Aug 2016 #59
What are your sources? "biotech firms" are for profit entities..not sure why it's mixed in True Earthling Aug 2016 #70
Public should share profits because of huge govt subsidies Cicada Aug 2016 #23
Source? metalbot Aug 2016 #34
My times Dec 2013 consistent with million dollar subsidy Cicada Aug 2016 #83
Yeah, no. I have enough doctor (and doctor students) friends to know that's bullshit. X_Digger Aug 2016 #44
Teaching hospitals get huge payments from Fed govt Cicada Aug 2016 #82
"I don't know medicine." -- obviously. X_Digger Aug 2016 #85
Do you know that just one medicare program pays 10 billion per year to teaching hospitals? Cicada Aug 2016 #88
More detail on govt subsidy med education Cicada Aug 2016 #89
Your points are excellent but profit margins are crazy high Cicada Aug 2016 #25
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
Market madness Grudge Aug 2016 #61
Metalbot, you are lying . . FairWinds Aug 2016 #63
Gilead, the company marketing Harvoni, didn't develop it. They bought the company that did, NBachers Aug 2016 #71
But the company didn't actually spend billions developing this drug kcr Aug 2016 #84
You might find this interesting. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2016 #87
Drug dose inside an EpiPen = $1...EpiPen itself = $300+ KeepItReal Aug 2016 #11
any asthma drugs. mopinko Aug 2016 #37
You're leaving out something. MohRokTah Aug 2016 #12
Whatever you do, DO NOT explore alternative therapies RapSoDee Aug 2016 #13
The natural alternative to pharmaceutical cure of hep c is dying of multiple organ failure LeftyMom Aug 2016 #16
Therefore, all you sick folks should sit down, shut up, and pony up $84K RapSoDee Aug 2016 #18
Let me ask a question metalbot Aug 2016 #35
A lucky few of us Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #75
Isn't that the truth. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing, not only to still_one Aug 2016 #60
Wait, you realize that the drug in question here is a CURE to hep C, right? X_Digger Aug 2016 #45
A liver transplant is a quarter of a mil, assuming there's a liver handy. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #15
Go fuck yourself big pharma!!! Initech Aug 2016 #20
My gods, what a strange, strange thread this has become. Hekate Aug 2016 #21
the bulk of their costs are paid for by the pharma resources. Grant money plays a small part... yawnmaster Aug 2016 #24
R&D for new cures/treatments shouldn't be entrusted to the free market, imo. Doremus Aug 2016 #27
All R&D costs money. Why is PHARMA entitled to huge profits? leftstreet Aug 2016 #28
How is it Americans are expected to pay one THOUSAND times more than non-Americans? Hekate Aug 2016 #31
They charge based on the per capitia GDP of the country Sgent Aug 2016 #39
Not really..Drug prices are not "charged" by the drug company to each country..prices are negotiated True Earthling Aug 2016 #79
+1,000,000! MADem Aug 2016 #43
Pharma pays for more than 98% of it's research..the NIH contributes less than 2% True Earthling Aug 2016 #78
This was an interesting article ... (link inside) NurseJackie Aug 2016 #26
That was an interesting article. KitSileya Aug 2016 #49
I'd been wondering about that as well. NurseJackie Aug 2016 #50
That is a brilliant way of looking at it!!! nt Lisa0825 Aug 2016 #73
Assuming you are willing to trust your life to counterfeit pills. Hoyt Aug 2016 #29
I had it and beat it without the pill stupidicus Aug 2016 #30
I'd like to know how you did that JohnnyRingo Aug 2016 #55
immune system stupidicus Aug 2016 #58
I don't know where I got it either. JohnnyRingo Aug 2016 #68
well stupidicus Aug 2016 #69
Does Gilead have a program to distribute the drug for free? bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #32
Yes, I was on the program Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #76
I mistrust big Pharma but when they come through like this bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #80
My GF Took Solvaldi for 6 months bobja Aug 2016 #36
Hep C cure is one of the happiest successes in medical research bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #81
^/r Wilms Aug 2016 #38
Hepatitis C treatment with Soldavi includes either ribavirin and/or peg interferon. Avalux Aug 2016 #46
Thanks for the information, Avalux cali Aug 2016 #51
India is notorious for using patent invalidation to threaten drug co's to lower prices True Earthling Aug 2016 #52
I know a fellow D.U.er who needed this drug samplegirl Aug 2016 #54
a friend of mine is on that pill right now paulkienitz Aug 2016 #57
no it isn't the list price There are mechanisms to provide it for people who cannot still_one Aug 2016 #62
There are some amazing lies being told on this thread . . FairWinds Aug 2016 #65
I wonder if the varies pharmaceutical companies will still be able to get away with that cstanleytech Aug 2016 #72
Big Pharma sucks. Initech Aug 2016 #90
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