Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk facing pressure as study finds $1,000 appetite suppressant can be made for just $5

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Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk facing pressure as study finds $1,000 appetite suppressant can be made for just $5
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It's like taking the price of the ingredients for a pizza and saying it's what it should cost.

Well if the materials to make a pizza was 5 dollars and it was being sold at 1,000 dollars, saying "oh thats just necessary overhead" would lead me to wonder why the hell that level of inefficiency was tolerated.

why the hell that level of inefficiency was tolerated.

Patents, e.g. legal monopolies.

Maybe fines and penalties for undercutting someone who holds a patent should be scrapped for nonprofit manufacturers of generics.

Maybe profit should come second to the betterment of humanity.

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Because each new type of pizza is made of brand-new ingredients, not just standard wheat flour, tomatoes, cheese, spices, etc. And they're baked anew and taste-tested to make sure they're not disgusting, or worse, have toxic effects.

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