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Open thread Sept. 12, 2017

Dan Crawford | September 12, 2017 8:09 am

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  • Denis Drew says:
    September 12, 2017 at 9:53 am

    I think somebody should start a countdown clock somewhere in America — thus:
    ONLY 18 YEARS AND (SO MANY) DAYS LEFT BEFORE WE WILL WIPE OUT HEPATITIS C.

    That is, as soon as Gilead’s patent for Sovaldi wipes out. Then a generic may cost only a few hundred dollars each for America’s 3,000,000 patients. For now it is $100,000 a patient.

    Wouldn’t cost $100,000 to send willing sufferers to India or Egypt for a few months. Mmm.
    $100,000 in the US. $900 (less than one thousand dollars) in India or Egypt. Wonder what a Indian or Egyptian countdown clock would look like.

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