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		inasio on Dec 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other in... It cost exactly 11 billion for Gilead to "develop" Sofosbuvir (they bought Pharmasset who discovered the drug [1]) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir#History

refurb on Dec 27, 2019 [–]

They didn’t buy an approved drug, they bought a clinical lead. They still spent a ton getting it approved.

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