Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug (science.ku.dk)
from Pro@programming.dev to science@mander.xyz on 21 May 08:54
https://programming.dev/post/30731890

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have cracked the last part of a code that science has struggled with for 30 years. The breakthrough could halve the price of the drug and make production far more sustainable.

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Fredselfish@lemmy.world on 21 May 09:34 next collapse

Probably not in America though.

tischbier@feddit.org on 21 May 09:43 collapse

Prince only goes up and wage only goes down.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 21 May 16:43 collapse

Well, wage goes up, but inflation goes up faster

Bort@hilariouschaos.com on 21 May 10:01 next collapse

Or, hear me out, we keep the same price and make more money

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net on 21 May 12:42 next collapse

Wow! I can’t wait! Oh wait, the prices won’t change, but the drug companies will pocket the difference! Such a win for capitalism

lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml on 21 May 12:46 next collapse

This lede is insane. As if the price of a drug corresponds at all with production cost. Especially when so much research is publicly subsidized. Let me put this in simple terms the reason drugs are expensive is because of monopoly and IP patent warfare. Not because of how hard it is to make,

Butler@lemmynsfw.com on 21 May 13:31 next collapse

*we can now double the profits of costly cancer drug

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 21 May 15:16 collapse

Ooooorrr drug companies could raise the price a little and more than double their profits!