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Re:BioNTech alone could lift German economy by 0.5% this year by refurb on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:22AM (#28129922)
Oh really? The first million dollar drug came out of Europe.

https://bioengineeringcommunity.nature.com/posts/45406-1-mil...

“The first gene therapy approved in the Western world is set to go on sale in Germany at a cost close to $1 million per treatment. The record-breaking price tag came to light in November 2014, when Amsterdam-based Uniqure and its marketing partner Chiesi, of Parma, Italy, filed a pricing dossier with German authorities to launch Glybera.”

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Re:BioNTech alone could lift German economy by 0.5% this year by oaiey on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:25AM (#28129968)
The key difference: the insurences in Germany would never pay that.
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Re:BioNTech alone could lift German economy by 0.5% this year by systemvoltage on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:31AM (#28130053)
Your comment is just fanning the flames with no interesting discussion for the audience. When a counter point is presented, you're moving goal posts.

Moderna is selling vaccines for $20/pop. That's a US company.

Vaccines are also purchased by the Governments usually to be distributed for free. In US, you can get a COVID-vaccine shot for free anywhere in any state.

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