Valuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours 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-square84fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1572arrow-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-220 hours agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 day agoAlso most pharma research is done by public universities that private pharma companies then buy the rights to.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoThe clinicals tend to be ran by the companies pushing for go to market. Those also cost millions
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoThey can be. But often they aren’t fully self-funded.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoMost? I’m incredulous but I don’t know the actual answer.
Also most pharma research is done by public universities that private pharma companies then buy the rights to.
Happy cake day.
The clinicals tend to be ran by the companies pushing for go to market. Those also cost millions
They can be. But often they aren’t fully self-funded.
Most? I’m incredulous but I don’t know the actual answer.