This is evil. And the US government surrendered its right to negotiate drug prices. Big Pharma’s predatory practices are no different than oil and gas, the NRA, or the military-industrial-complex. Let’s reign ‘em in. #MedicareForAll
The Intercept @theintercept
11 Jul 2020
Gilead Sciences announced its Covid-19 therapy drug, remdesivir, will cost private insurers $520 for a single vial, hundreds of times its production cost, which researchers have estimated at 93 cents per dose. interc.pt/2ZXPyy3

Jul 14, 2020 · 3:20 AM UTC

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Marianne Williamson’s fierce truth telling is inconvenient to the greed of the pharmaceutical companies.
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I see Joe Biden's constituents are doing well.
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You know every time I see the name Gilead, my mind goes straight to Hand Maids Tale, every time. To me the name just conjures up frustration, fear and anger.
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Yet you try to claim Biden is the "lesser evil". There is no measure by which this is not the greater evil. prospect.org/coronavirus/bid…

Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Affordable Coronavirus Vaccine Plan

Unlike Sanders and other Democrats, Joe Biden has not embraced a key executive authority: cutting the cost of a possible coronavirus vaccine and other pharmaceuticals developed with federal research...

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Now you see why nobody wanted to test the cheaper drug follow the money and you thought it was political no it was the cheaper drug had to be discredited even if it worked which we don’t really know yet because the money said show it not working
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This is The Democrat Approved Drug.... Look in he mirror Marianne.
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Since American taxpayers pay for the research and development of these drugs, the American taxpayers should own the patents and control the pricing.
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Didn't we, the American taxpayers, give them millions $ to research this drug too?
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This is so typical Big Pharna. They have WHO by the balls.
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