Re:A human monoclonal 1 antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection
by dnhz on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:13PM
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The parent comment mentioned existing therapies. As in drugs like Humira, PD-1 inhibitors, PCSK9 inhibitors. No doubt they are complex to produce. But I was doubting that the costs of production are the reason why these drugs are expensive. Companies will charge what payers will pay. See Humira [1]: many times more costly in the US than in the UK.
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalimumab