The drugs mafia
“Pfizer and Moderna Raise The Price of Their Corona Vaccine for European Union” . Pharmaceuticals Pfizer and Moderna have raised the price of their corona vaccines for the European Union, the Financial Times reports. The price of a dose of Pfizer vaccine rises from 15.50 to €19.50, writes the newspaper, which has accessed parts of the new contract with the EU .
The Moderna vaccine cost 19 euros first and now 21.50 euros per dose, according to the contract. That's less than the previously agreed 24 euro, as more vaccines have been ordered than expected, says a source that knows the details of the contract. Europe would be willing to pay the higher price for delivery.
How expensive is Diego's medicine??
Rotterdam researchers discovered that a forgotten drug was found to work against a rare condition. The product was bought up and now the price threatens to go over many times. Orphan drugs, intended for a small group of patients, can be asked for a lot of money. An investment bank recently estimated Emcitate's future price for the US market at more than 250 thousand euros per patient per year, which would amount to a thousandfold of its original price. While the drug was discovered thanks to Rotterdam scientists and researched with millions of public money (from ZonMw).
Many thousands of patients with severe depression and bipolar disorders have been forced to pay their own contribution to the life-saving drug Priadel as manufacturer Essential Pharma has tripled the price. That reports de Volkskrant. Thursday, the company announced to raise the price from 4.76 euros to 15.78 euros, the maximum amount allowed by the Drug Prices Act. This requires patients to pay their own contribution of €11 per month.
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