Well, I might agree with you if we were talking about dental implants or a cure for male pattern baldness. There are people dying because they can’t afford these medicines.
How much profit is enough?
As much as they can make and pay Irish taxes on? The government is to blame here. Not enough pressure is being applied. What if Salk had tried to make the equivalent amount? Something tells me things would have played out a bit differently.
The U.S. government could stop patent-infringing generic imports with the swipe of a pen. I believe that has not occurred because the powers that be seem to dislike the idea of totally restricting access to affordable, life saving medications, especially when the party suffering from such a policy has embraced the concept of price gouging at the expense of people’s health.
Australia used the generic threat to negotiate a deal.
Gilead is a hedge fund. The rich get to live, the poor……
