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Possible skin cancer vaccine shows promise in late stage trial. Moderna stock skyrockets (www.msn.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

yet somehow people think "big Pharma" is hiding "the cure for cancer" because they make more money from chemo and shit. "big Pharma" is not a monolith - the developer of the treatment (and stockholders) would make tons of money from it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    But only until the patents expire. They'll run out of cancers to fix and then the money train is over. Not curing things pays off forever.

    Also, if a cancer treatment that cures you is $200, 000, but a cancer treatment that might put you into remission or might cause you to die costs $175,000, your insurance company will only help pay for the $175k one.

    Unless a CEO was recently shot.

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