Antibiotic resistant gonnohrea has entered the chat.

I wouldn’t get your hopes up

The trick is in asking who owns the patent. I suspect you're going to see a bunch of Chinese/Indian generics that cost pennies on the US dollar, because they see an economic benefit in people not having HIV that Americans can't grasp.

In countries other than the US though...

"But how does this expand shareholder value"

I mean, it doesn't actually end it, to have to keep taking their pill. It's a subscription model to life.

But don't worry! If you're fortunate enough to have a job at a good company that pays well, then you can spend $300-$500 of your monthly paycheck to have an insurance company possibly cover up to 80% of the cost! Assuming you are in-network, picked the right plan, followed all the confusing steps to file a claim, and aren't disqualified by one of their dozens of contingencies.

Land of the free babay!

Or it'll be banned because it just facilitates the gay lifestyle.

Only 1500?

I love your positivism thinking that it would only cost 1500 in the US

And you have to take a dose everyday or some horrible side effect will occur.

It'll cost $25 to produce. Selling cost is another matter entirely.

Oh, it will be, but they'll mark it up 100,000%

That $25 estimate included a 30% profit margin already.

$500 a bottle would be practically giving it away in the US. Most life sustaining meds or the rare cure are sold at unfathomable prices. One of my post-transplant anti rejection meds is $60,000 a month

Let's call it $100 per head.

Hey Elon, you wanna leave behind a legacy that doesn't suck?

Here's your last chance, asshole.

Twice yearly shot? Yup, sign me up.

As a medical provider, I'll probably be required to get it.

Yeah, I grimaced at the name and implications.

the company has been around for a long time, before the book was made famous, one of the first things i saw when applying to lab/biotech was gilead position for scientists. this was already 10 years ago.

they even have transportaiton buses from our city to thier campuses, because its quite far away from a city if you work in biotech.

daddy breed my hole

Thats the spirit !

This take generally comes from looking at the profits of successful drug X, while being unaware of (or ignoring) all of the drugs that have millions upon millions put into their R&D, that never result in anything that can go to market.

Overall profits will seem much higher than they actually are if you leave out that very-relevant data.

you’re thinking too small

1000$/year baybeee!

or rather, they’ll find the perfect balance of profitability, between how many people can afford it VS how much they’d pay for it

the poors will die but that is a sacrifice they are enthusiastic to make

My last Jaxt adrenaline injector was 56 euros. An EpiPen would have been 2 whole euros extra.