i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoPfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.mastodon.worldexternal-linkmessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up12.19Karrow-down157
arrow-up12.14Karrow-down1external-linkPfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.mastodon.worldi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square293fedilink
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoQuoting one figure is pretty useless to make a point as it exists only as “A big number” with nothing to compare it to. Since you know their financials enough to quote one figure here: What is their annual revenue? What is their annual profit?
minus-squaresilent2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoLike quoting the production cost without any evidence or considering any R&D costs? I did not start the bullshit.
minus-squaremaryjayjay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThey’re a publicly traded company. All that info is published in their annual financial report
Quoting one figure is pretty useless to make a point as it exists only as “A big number” with nothing to compare it to.
Since you know their financials enough to quote one figure here:
What is their annual revenue?
What is their annual profit?
Like quoting the production cost without any evidence or considering any R&D costs? I did not start the bullshit.
They’re a publicly traded company. All that info is published in their annual financial report