.@Atul_Gawande @KHNews If Gilead paid a nickel and a half a sandwich for Pharmasset they'd still be charging as much for Sovaldi.
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@Atul_Gawande@KHNews Any alternative that's gets the drug in the right hands without delay?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande: Lifesaving Hep C drug priced at $84K: If they overpaid why should govt bail them out? http://bit.ly/1gNKg9H ”@blondejulia -
@danhussey14 I find it harder and harder to believe that capitalism can provide efficient allocation of resources.@blondejulia -
@thatspsychotic@blondejulia see: men's hair loss and ED industry -
@danhussey14@blondejulia Men's hair loss I can explain away as a luxury industry. Life-saving drugs/procedures? Different level. -
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@Atul_Gawande@KHNews Payors gonna pay. Don't paya' hate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Honestly, not a fan of insurance companies but this is outrageous to ask them to pay for some CEO's bonus! Wait for new drugs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@KHNews It's criminal to charge that much. If u drop a pill by mistake, that's $1000 in the drain!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Seems like fundamentally there is no way to completely sidestep issues like this, e.g. a $1B treatment that 100% cures cancer. -
@jpotisch@Atul_Gawande I disagree. The drug is way over-priced. Pharma spends far more on marketing than on research. Gawande is right. -
@maggiemahar@Atul_Gawande I don’t know NEARLY enough to have opinion on this drug. I’m saying the issue cannot be made to 100% disappear. -
@jpotisch@Atul_Gawande Joel- No other country in the developed world agrees to pay this much for any drug. We let drug makers gouge us.
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