Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection
by call_me_dana on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:07PM
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There are indeed huge profit incentives for a cure. There are even larger profits to be had from a monthly treatment that the patient has to take for the rest of their lives.
Are you saying people that aren’t taking a monthly biologic injection for example will start coming out of the woodwork for a cure when normally they wouldn’t seek treatment for their malady?
Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection
by tsimionescu on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @05:37PM
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People don't buy medical treatments in most of the world. Countries do.
And countries will always pick the best priced possible treatment.
Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection
by jjcon on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @06:46PM
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You speak as if there is just one entity making these things. There isn’t, there are hundreds of labs all over the world working on this. If one of them comes out with a treatment alternative like this it may gain some traction but if they came out with a cure they would dominate the global market
I think that’s where you go wrong. There are huge profit incentives for a cure. If a biotech company comes up with a cure they will instantly have the business of every afflicted person on the planet. The market for that and price they can charge will be way larger than a slightly different treatment.
Beyond that, there are labs all over the world funded by public dollars to research avenues to a cure, it’s just way more complicated than effective treatment.