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39. They charge based on the per capitia GDP of the country

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:25 PM

Aug 2016

Its a sliding scale based on how wealthy the country is.

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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

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