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Cost of developing new drugs may be lower than industry claims: trial

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275 points swores | 2 comments | 25 Apr 24 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.582s | source
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squigz ◴[26 Apr 24 20:02 UTC] No.40173571[source]▶
For those in favor of drug companies charging exorbitant amounts of money for life-saving medication in order to recoup their R&D costs (and we'll be generous and believe their reasoning and numbers)... it follows that, once they've recouped their costs, they should lower the price, right?
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1. ryandrake ◴[26 Apr 24 20:13 UTC] No.40173700[source]▶
Yea, just like road and bridge tolls go away once the project that the toll was supposed to pay for completes... Fat chance!
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2. squigz ◴[26 Apr 24 20:16 UTC] No.40173730[source]▶
This might be shocking to some, but yes, that should indeed be how it works.