TIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to make

Valuy@lemmy.zip · edit-2 8 days ago

TIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to make

HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 days ago

I keep telling these people this. Any cure for cancer is going to make it to market because there’s money to be made. If there’s money to be made, somebody is gonna make it, even if it’s not the people making the current treatments who stand to lose out.

village604@adultswim.fan · 9 days ago

Also the clout for releasing a cancer cure. It would definitely boost the company’s valuation.

TIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to make

TIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to make

How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business