Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by hadlock on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:08PM
(#26629884)
Current pricing for mRNA vaccines is something in the $4-7 dollars (that's $7.00 dollars, not $7,000.00 dollars) range. Compare that to one of the Hepatitis C treatments, which costs north of $350,000 by several accounts. Even remdesivir is something like $3000 for a course.
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Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by failwhaleshark on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:14PM
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There are roughly 75 million HCV infections in the world.
That translates to a total cure cost of:
75M * $350k = $26.25T
There are other ARV treatments available which cost now roughly $50-100k and cure in 3 months.
Whereas immunizing everyone against coronaviruses currently costs:
8B * $7 = $56B
Clearly, the costs of the HCV cure are predatory and unreasonable because it doesn't lead to eradication and it's inaccessible to the poor and the third-world.
Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:20AM
(#26631232)
It's also worth noting that if it's $7 for the payer, there's a lot less than $7 of profit.
Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by failwhaleshark on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:33AM
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The true unit cost is probably $6 per dose. The COVID vaccines may break-even short-term. Long-term, it's probably worth keeping an extra 120M potential customers alive for what will probably result in a small profit.
The true unit cost of HCV cures is unknowable but possibly half of the current price.
Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by hutzlibu on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:29PM
(#26630028)
"Hepatitis C treatments"
We don't really need the same quantities of that, though.
Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by mikecoles on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:53PM
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https://www.hhs.gov/hepatitis/learn-about-viral-hepatitis/da...
It can be said that hepatitis care is more necessary than covid.