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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The left and right both hate Big Pharma, especially over the pandemic response.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Pfizers R&D budget is 11 billion per year. That money comes from products from the market.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Quoting one figure is pretty useless to make a point as it exists only as "A big number" with nothing to compare it to.

Since you know their financials enough to quote one figure here:

What is their annual revenue?

What is their annual profit?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn't Pfizer going to offer Paxlovid free of charge till 2028 if your uninsured or underinsured?

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-amends-us-government-paxlovid-supply-agreement-and

Who would be the people affected by this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are they going to claim that as a $13 write off or a $1400 write off?

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