Valuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to makewww.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to makewww.propublica.orgValuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe patent eventually expires and then the generics come out more cheaply. There’s a generic for Revlimid out now, in fact.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt doesn’t look like it is going to be any cheaper
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIn the United States. Elsewhere in the world it’s significantly cheaper.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoit takes 20 years though, in the mean time they can charge how ever they want in the us.
The patent eventually expires and then the generics come out more cheaply.
There’s a generic for Revlimid out now, in fact.
It doesn’t look like it is going to be any cheaper
In the United States. Elsewhere in the world it’s significantly cheaper.
it takes 20 years though, in the mean time they can charge how ever they want in the us.