Pfizer plans to charge nearly $1,400 for Paxlovid
Pfizer plans to charge nearly $1,400 for Paxlovid
Pfizer will list its COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid at a price of $1,390 per five-day course when it soon hits the commercial market, the drugmaker confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: Paxlovid's new listed price, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, will be more than twice the $529 paid by the federal government, which until now has maintained the entire U.S. supply of the key antiviral medication.
And $4.99 outside the United States.
this is fucking criminal
Maybe. Definite grounds for violation of price gouging laws unless another producer can easily fill the supply gap, which is entirely reliant on how much time is left before the change AND the availability of production methods which are beholden to intellectual property laws.
Fucking monsters, capitalism is a fucking cancer
As a high-risk individual, this fucking sucks. Capitalist vultures trying to bankrupt me everywhere I turn.
Oh dear I read this wrong at first, thinking you were flexing that you take risks. I'm thinking "well my life is boring and this sucks for me too?" 🤣
Health insurance companies probably finding some obscure study to deny claims for Paxlovid. Or just follow UHC claim practices. Deny all claims initially. Slow roll it.
Patient either gives up or pays out of pocket.
I'm guessing they'll claim it lacks sufficient evidence for it's efficacy and call it experimental.
This is criminal.
Maybe. Definite grounds for violation of price gouging laws unless another producer can easily fill the supply gap, which is entirely reliant on how much time is left before the change AND the availability of production methods which are beholden to intellectual property laws.
Honestly 1400 for a 5 day course of this is more reasonable than I expected. It's still unreasonable, but I just figured it's be way higher.
Copyright and patent laws need to die.
Apparently it really doesn't work as well as it claims to, so maybe this will drive development of a better antiviral.
It does work, amazingly. I had Covid a few times and took Paxlovid the last time. It works better than any drug I've taken. After taking the first dose, there were no more Covid symptoms within 4-6 hours.
The problem with Paxlovid (besides the cost) is that it gives you a new set of side effects: weird joint and muscle pain, a metallic taste in the mouth, etc. They're better than Covid though. And it won't kill you.
I had fucking ashtray mouth AND covid rebound, I wasn't impressed.
Remember when the COVID vaccine came out and all the "nationalize healthcare" mfs started worshipping pharmaceutical companies as the greatest thing in history? Pretty funny, huh?
Magnificent! You've successfully constructed and attacked a straw-man by conflating economics with medical science, and displayed your total ignorance of ... everything ... in the process...
Remember when the COVID vaccine came out and all the "don't nationalize healthcare" mfs started making up strawmen to argue against because they have no idea what other people actually want for society? Pretty funny, huh?
No, I don't remember that. I feel like you're making stuff up.
Here ya go. My point being is that two years ago if you criticized pharmaceutical companies as still being greedy, soulless corporations you'd be laughed at and shadow banned for daring to insult our world's saviors.
...no? Because that didn't happen. "The" vaccine was multiple different ones, including some made in China and the UK.
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Understanding is a generous word to use for them I think.
I'm guessing you're an antivaxxer? Everyone still recognized the bs Pfizer and Moderna did during the pandemic. The world is not black and white, bad companies can still do things that benefit society.
What a clown comment. Other countries with universal healthcare pay significantly less for care and pharmaceuticals than Americans because their governments handle the negotiations.
What a clown comment. Other countries with universal healthcare pay significantly less for care and pharmaceuticals because their governments handle the negotiations.