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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by inasio on Thursday December 26, 2019 @12:44PM (#21885405)
No, Gilead didn't develop Harvoni/Sovaldi/Sofosbuvir, it was originally discovered by Pharmasset, and then Gilead bought them for 11 billion [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir#History

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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by gengchun88 on Thursday December 26, 2019 @08:18PM (#21888302)
Oh, thanks.

That simplified R&D cost calculation. $11B for $3.5 m persons in U.S. and 90% successful rate means R&D cost(merge cost) definitely less than $4k per person.

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