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whatshisface
on Dec 26, 2019
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Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other in...
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there’s absolutely no reason a 12 week treatment should cost around the mean annual US income.
What if it was synthesized in 5,000 steps from pure gold or something?
gcatalfamo
on Dec 26, 2019
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But is it though?
whatshisface
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I can't find any references that say the cost of manufacturing it or inventing it, so the only indication we have that it is expensive is the high price. Interferon is an entire protien so it can't be that cheap.
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What if it was synthesized in 5,000 steps from pure gold or something?