Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined

Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by whatshisface on Thursday December 26, 2019 @08:46AM (#21883716)

>there’s absolutely no reason a 12 week treatment should cost around the mean annual US income.

What if it was synthesized in 5,000 steps from pure gold or something?

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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by gcatalfamo on Thursday December 26, 2019 @08:50AM (#21883743)

But is it though?

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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by whatshisface on Thursday December 26, 2019 @08:58AM (#21883804)

I can't find any references that say the cost of manufacturing it or inventing it, so the only indication we have that it is expensive is the high price. Interferon is an entire protien so it can't be that cheap.

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