Valuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to makewww.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1597arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1590arrow-down1external-linkTIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to makewww.propublica.orgValuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square89linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoThe patent eventually expires and then the generics come out more cheaply. There’s a generic for Revlimid out now, in fact.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoit takes 20 years though, in the mean time they can charge how ever they want in the us.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago20 years isn’t as long as it seems. I only had to wait 17 years for lyrica (pregabalin) to go generic. I like it better than gabapentin so 👉👈
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt doesn’t look like it is going to be any cheaper
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoIn the United States. Elsewhere in the world it’s significantly cheaper.
The patent eventually expires and then the generics come out more cheaply.
There’s a generic for Revlimid out now, in fact.
it takes 20 years though, in the mean time they can charge how ever they want in the us.
20 years isn’t as long as it seems.
I only had to wait 17 years for lyrica (pregabalin) to go generic. I like it better than gabapentin so 👉👈
It doesn’t look like it is going to be any cheaper
In the United States. Elsewhere in the world it’s significantly cheaper.