What does $1,350 per pill buy? Survival...
Jul 11, 2015 8:05:08 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2015 8:05:08 GMT -6
It's a rather sad state of affairs when the cost to live and not die rather hard comes at a rate to utterly destroy all but the very rich....and frankly? Government medical doesn't help at these costs. It simply shifts cost. Rates THIS high will still hurt as a collective thing, in actual higher taxes. Especially when this is a pill being eyed as the solution to a fast growing problem among people.
The previous record holder had been $1,000 per pill.
Are they insane?? $1,350 PER PILL?? That crap better be made in a 0 grav lab in low orbit for THAT kind of cost on a high demand drug.
Outstanding! That is medical progress for ya and really, honestly, what this nation USED to be known for. You can live and with minimal side effects.
Of course, one BIG side effect will be the utter destruction of your financial life....but they never seem to count that, despite how life changing it is for the patient. As much or more than a disease itself, in enough cases to matter.
To give some idea of the numbers here:
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Hmm.. 12 weeks..7 day weeks...comes to 84 days...round to $1,000 for simplicity....and..
So for the low low price of $84,000, you too can avoid the ugly death of liver failure! ...and of course, that is 100% pure prescription cost. That would never..ever..be anything like the full costs of treatment.
This is medicine for the rich. No two ways about it. The rich, and the lucky % to get on full Government rides with medical. (sigh)
The previous record holder had been $1,000 per pill.
The new leading pill for hepatitis C is more expensive, and the number of patients seeking a cure has surged.
Sovaldi, last year's wonder drug, has been pushed aside by a successor called Harvoni, made by the same company. The sticker price for Harvoni is $1,350 a pill.
Sovaldi, last year's wonder drug, has been pushed aside by a successor called Harvoni, made by the same company. The sticker price for Harvoni is $1,350 a pill.
Are they insane?? $1,350 PER PILL?? That crap better be made in a 0 grav lab in low orbit for THAT kind of cost on a high demand drug.
Hepatitis C affects some 3 million people in the U.S. and claims more lives here than AIDS. With the new drugs, patients finally have a choice among highly effective cures with minimal side effects. Previous treatments were hit and miss, and many patients couldn't tolerate the side effects. But newfound choice doesn't seem to have led to widespread price competition.
Outstanding! That is medical progress for ya and really, honestly, what this nation USED to be known for. You can live and with minimal side effects.
Of course, one BIG side effect will be the utter destruction of your financial life....but they never seem to count that, despite how life changing it is for the patient. As much or more than a disease itself, in enough cases to matter.
To give some idea of the numbers here:
Harvoni, the new pill from California-based Gilead Sciences, accounted for about three-fourths of the prescriptions filled for hepatitis C drugs in the first three months of this year, IMS said.
A big part of the reason is simplicity, explained Dieterich. Patients on Harvoni need only take a single pill daily, for 12 weeks in most cases. Previously, patients took combinations of drugs.
A big part of the reason is simplicity, explained Dieterich. Patients on Harvoni need only take a single pill daily, for 12 weeks in most cases. Previously, patients took combinations of drugs.
Hmm.. 12 weeks..7 day weeks...comes to 84 days...round to $1,000 for simplicity....and..
So for the low low price of $84,000, you too can avoid the ugly death of liver failure! ...and of course, that is 100% pure prescription cost. That would never..ever..be anything like the full costs of treatment.
This is medicine for the rich. No two ways about it. The rich, and the lucky % to get on full Government rides with medical. (sigh)
