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Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)
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[-] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 53 points 8 months ago

I bet they got a lot of grants and other funding. They aren't disclosing their costs so you can assume it's less that you imagine.

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