But it won’t be
Oh, it will be, but they’ll mark it up 100,000%
Then it won’t be 25 dollars.
Nobody was saying it would be. The headline and article are about production costs at different scales, not prices for anyone buying it after that.Hill had calculated a generic price of $40 annually last year, but said the interest from generic manufacturers had warranted new analysis. This showed lenacapavir could be mass produced for $35 to $46 a year, if there was annual demand for 2m doses, falling to $25 at scaled up production of 5m to 10m doses each year.
Oh wait, I missed a line where the article actually suggests this…
Dr Hill’s research indicates that this gamechanging innovation could – within a year of launch – be produced and sold for just $25 per person per year.
But you’re right, they won’t sell it for $0 of profit. It would be nice.
FDA can grant exclusivity to that drug. And then once there’s finally a generic that can also be granted a one year exclusivity. The FDA facilitates scarcity.
It’ll cost $25 to produce. Selling cost is another matter entirely.
Pharma C-suite:
that doesn’t sound very profitable
I fucking wish I was kidding
“But how does this expand shareholder value”
Except in the United States, where it will be $1500 a dose.
Or it’ll be banned because it just facilitates the gay lifestyle.
Only 1500?
I love your positivism thinking that it would only cost 1500 in the US
That’s $1,500 with a coupon and the highest tier healthcare coverage that very few people outside of tech workers actually get. You don’t want to know what the out-of-pocket cost for something like this would be.
i understand that if it costs $25 to make it then it needs to cost a bit more for supply chain, profits etc (regularly a 50% increase from factory and another 50% increase to retail), but i’ll bet you a $500 bottle of HIV-ending drugs that this wont cost $56.25.
Let’s call it $100 per head.
Hey Elon, you wanna leave behind a legacy that doesn’t suck?
Here’s your last chance, asshole.
Can we hurry up with this please. I want to cum buckets in my femboy slut. OK, thx, bye.
Thats the spirit !
At $25-$50/yr with low to no risk of getting HIV I would get the shot. Just like a flu or COVID shot.
Gilead
Oh, so it’s assured they will bleed people dry then, based on this company’s track record.
Shit, let’s make it $100 per year so they can make lots of money.
you’re thinking too small
1000$/year baybeee!
or rather, they’ll find the perfect balance of profitability, between how many people can afford it VS how much they’d pay for it
the poors will die but that is a sacrifice they are enthusiastic to make
