i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPfizer 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.worldexternal-linkmessage-square289fedilinkarrow-up12.19Karrow-down157
arrow-up12.13Karrow-down1external-linkPfizer 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.worldi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square289fedilink
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoA lot of the research for the mRNA tech that made the vaccine possible was done at Pennsylvania University before they fired the woman doing the research and she moved on to Biontech.
minus-squareEsqplorer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoPaxlovid isn’t the vaccine. It’s a treatment.
A lot of the research for the mRNA tech that made the vaccine possible was done at Pennsylvania University before they fired the woman doing the research and she moved on to Biontech.
Paxlovid isn’t the vaccine. It’s a treatment.