In the U.S., federal health officials have allocated the limited supply to states, but that agreement with Gilead will end after September. They said Monday that the government has secured more than 500,000 additional courses that Gilead will produce starting in July to supply to hospitals through September.
In 127 poor or middle-income countries, Gilead is allowing generic makers to supply the drug; two countries are doing that for around $600 per treatment course.Remdesivir’s price has been highly anticipated since it became the first medicine to show benefit in the pandemic, which has killed more than half a million people globally in six months.
hopefully the likeness to presentable liberty stops there
Greedy Bastards!!
America the great!
Literally ice all pharma executives. They are as bad as nazis
Let’s knock their fucking teeth out and take it from them.
Admit it NBC News. This is why HQ which is 10 or 11 bucks was debunked and you the MSM did this because you hate Trump. So pathetic. Do your JOB
Lmfao! Obviously you people aren’t on any prescription medications! I have to pay $500 for 6 pills when I didn’t have insurance!! So $2340 doesn’t seem like much to save your ass. Have you never been hospitalized and see that bill?!? 🙄
lib_crusher But Medicare for all cant happen. But we can continue price gouging people for vital meds
We need to Get herd immunity! Pharmaceutical companies Are greedy!
Imo we are all eventually going to get this virus. At whatever point in tine. It needs hosts to survive & grow & morph into something stronger. it's happening now.
Maybe I'm crazy but didn't I hear, early on, that no costs for treatment of COVID19 would be paid by patients?
Obviously this company CEOs, don’t have heart!! Here for u...🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿
The problem with capitalism. -Money over life. This drug received at least $70 million in public funding toward its development, Remdesivir should be in the public domain.”
American Greed. Now you know why we have a trade deficit with every country. We want their cheaper goods but they don’t want our expensive ones. That $600 washer from China washes my clothes just as good as the $1,000 American made one does.
And the poorest people get to suffer and die . Wow , that's even worse than before all this racism and equality . I fear something very bad is going to happen when a father can't afford to save his children due to corporate greed . This needs to be dealt with .
It costs on average $2.6 billion as well as many many months/years of development and testing for new drugs. This doesn't include those drugs that fail in testing. If you remove any incentive for profit, all innovation will stop.
Prescription drugs account for 10% of overall health spending in the US, totally $328B annually. Also calculated as $450B when list prices and middle-man transactions are included. We must stop this monopoly pricing. Monopolies and lobbies are the recipe for excessive pricing.
Science will develop a generic of remdesivir and thereby lowering the cost substantially. Nothing to worry about folks. This drug has been around for a very long time - it’s going to be easy to replicate. No worries!
lib_crusher Guess what? Take the profit motive out of the development of the pharmaceuticals and we are sitting here in 2025 without treatment. This theory applies with or without Medicare for all.
So much for the poor in America. And, the drug is not even so effective.
lib-right stay winning lmao
Typical Pharm
its all about the money money money
““This is a drug that received at least $70 million in public funding” toward its development.... “Remdesivir should be in the public domain.””
Sad
Most of the cost is based off what lawsuits will cost ! Tort reform is needed on all kinds of things !
The old and the weak are suppose to die unless they can afford the cure.
This where Socialism is necessary! Confiscate all the fucking drugs to heal the people or the govt should subsidize. The govt failed to keep the innocent people protected and now the Pharmaceutical companies would profit? Yeah, right!
Seems about right for this country, why do anything right at this point, just f**k everybody
Ah America! Where people don't have the luxury to get better.
Wait....is this one of the companies that received tax payer money to work on the treatment?
SOB drug makers. Even if you charged at a low end you’d still make money. Jerks.
Smh
RepKatiePorter another example of how the rich might survive Covid while the rest of us die.
Worth the price is if gets you out of the hospital even a day sooner.
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lib_crusher Guillotine dot GIF
I knew it was a money making thing. 😳🥺😱
Ok? That stuff is expensive to develop. Many hours of research by well educated people who spent their time to get good education. If people are that worried it shouldn’t be a problem
mommytalks2much Who is the maker of this drug?
So Trump wants to crush Obama care so that the private insurance can make a killing on profit.
USA! USA! USA!
Greed like this is gonna end in a lot more covid deaths
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That is vile.
The American healthcare system terrifies me. It’s like they’re only in it for the money. Up here in Canada all you have to do is pay your taxes and you’re covered for most procedures.
It has to show profits to the investors who betted on these stocks heavily
Welk, at least we'll have cake...maybe.
God I hate our healthcare system. Broken and corrupt.
I was watching a doc about a drug that cured a particular blindness. It was outrageously expensive. The ceo was asked why it was so expensive when it was cheap to make. He said they didn’t look at costs, the looked at what it’s worth to someone to have their child see again. Sick
How much does it cost to produce?
RepKatiePorter help! Thanks.
The greed is disgusting!
Send the bills to the US govt. No need for further discussion. The government did not protect us. NOW they have to pay for it.
WHAT'S THE DATA ON THIS EXPLAIN TREATMENT, DOSAGE ,HAS IT BEEN THROUGH CLINICAL TRIALS? NEED ALL DATA!!!! I HEARD IT WAS A 5 DAY TREATMENT TRUE PLEASE EXPLAIN EVERYTHING PLEASE!!! THANX!!!!
PRICE GOUGING!
America: where everyone dies for capitalism
Wtf. It should be a crime.
Of course! Big Pharm in America is robbing us! We need reform. They are as bad as the NRA as far as disregard for life and control of Congress.
Making America Great - putting a price on life
such BS
Did they receive gov funding realDonaldTrump stevenmnuchin1 !! Then they should make it affordable. DrainTheSwamp
If zinc, reduce s covid virus effects on people why is there no one saying not only to take zinc but how much. It's time to put America first. No one has ever been able to stop the flu but we can make it less by making USA healthy.
Let the gouging begin.....
Whats crazy to me is that Gilead is actually still contemplating value to the patient in the middle of a pandemic and pricing drugs to maximize profits while still not looking too greedy. These are the companies America produces. Sick, just like the country.
When did PharmaBro get out of jail?
lying trash
Forgot to mention that Trump owns Gilead stock.
Can we all just agree that this is f*cking bullshlt?
You think $2,340 dollars is bad? The cancer drug Zytiga which my husband is on, costs $10,000 for 60 pills, a one month supply.
“We’ll save yourself life for 2 grand”.....what a fabulous country 🙄
Trump said insurers would cover it, don't worry
Let the rich feel better and the poor suffer. Nice guys. Glad to know where your priorities are in harsh times.
Ahh typical capitalism, putting a price on the survival of the human race.
Knew this was coming...
They just pulled that number out of their rear. 2340? Really?
Pharmaceutical Bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ewarren katieporteroc
Lol
It's always about money. Disgusting
It's free in Europe. And other developed countries........
As I suspected, we can help with covid but it's going to cost you.
Price gouging by ?
Expensive
That’s super cheap 🙃