Valuy@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 days 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-220 days agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days 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-up0·21 days agoIt doesn’t look like it is going to be any cheaper
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoIn the United States. Elsewhere in the world it’s significantly cheaper.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days 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.