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-up1596arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1589arrow-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-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·3 days ago400000% markup seems a bit excessive
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoOnly because you’re the one being charged not the one charging
minus-squarePoloniousmonk@autistics.lifelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·3 days ago@possiblylinux127 @WhoIzDisIz Reasonably priced recreational drugs: the 3 addictive powders: $10/oz, pure Weed: $100/lb You could actually earn plenty of money at half these prices, but I made allowances for sin taxes.
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-23 days agoHave you seen how much it costs to develop novel drugs? It’s definitely a bit excessive, but also probably not as much as you think.
400000% markup seems a bit excessive
Only because you’re the one being charged not the one charging
@possiblylinux127 @WhoIzDisIz
Reasonably priced recreational drugs:
the 3 addictive powders: $10/oz, pure
Weed: $100/lb
You could actually earn plenty of money at half these prices, but I made allowances for sin taxes.
Have you seen how much it costs to develop novel drugs? It’s definitely a bit excessive, but also probably not as much as you think.