An old but gold meme

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2011 months ago

    Federated Lemmy liberals are already rolling out the “the gross markups are necessary for dae le research” as if that fucking applies to century-old medicine that still has thousands-of-percent markups.

    • @ziviz
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      1011 months ago

      The argument also falls apart when the same stuff is evidently cheaper, but still profitable, when for fish.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      411 months ago

      Gross mark ups are necessary for shareholders and marketing expenses, the most necessary parts of the pharmaceutical industry