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Re:Remdesivir will cost insurers $520 for a single vial. Pro... by sdinsn on Monday July 20, 2020 @12:13PM (#23899243)
Taxpayers paid for only some of the research. Gilead spent billions of their own to develop it.
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Re:Remdesivir will cost insurers $520 for a single vial. Pro... by grumple on Monday July 20, 2020 @04:28PM (#23901562)
If they accepted any federal money, they should be subject to federal restrictions on pricing. You don’t get to socialize the costs and privatize the revenue.
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Re:Remdesivir will cost insurers $520 for a single vial. Pro... by gravy on Monday July 20, 2020 @05:02PM (#23901880)
> You don’t get to socialize the costs and privatize the revenue.

Why not? Corporations are still taxed on their profits.

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