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HIV ‘vaccine’ could be made for just $40 a year for every patient (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I think access to certain drugs that deeply impact the public health should be capped in the name of national security. Vaccines for AIDS, Flu, COVID-19, H1-N1, HPV, etc. and things like insulin, should be freely available to the public. Let the firms make money off of the thousands of other meds they push.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

In that scenario, why would drug companies bother to develop drugs that deeply impart public health? They already prioritize drugs for smaller numbers of rich people rather than drugs for larger numbers of poor people (e.g. antibiotics). If they can't make a large profit off of developing an AIDS vaccine, they're going to work on something like weight-loss drugs instead.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Carrot and stick. The carrot is money for R&D plus a guaranteed purchase of their stock at a fixed and profitable markup. The stick is a regulatory hellscape and guaranteed perpetual purgatory for their other meds if they don't play ball. Keep the gov happy, and the gov keeps you fat and rich. Drag your feet on critical care meds and risk your skinny pills not be sold in the main market for them.