In Reply to: A cancer drug that costs 25c to make - they charge $900/pill posted by mh on May 08, 2025 at 10:33:24
It's 25 cents a pill if you don't count all the R&D and approval costs. They claim it is $800 million, but who knows?
$1,000 a pill sounds excessive, but we should also put the cost of the pill correctly.
They used up 14 of the 20 years of the patent to get the drug approved. They now have 6 years to profit from the drug.
We should put the debate in the proper context.