Comment on Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says Pharma corporate executive

ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Don’t people like need medicine tho?

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  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They do. But that's not a reason so take advantage of people in need - which is the pharma industry's business model where healthcare costs aren't regulated like in the US.

    The pharma industry is in this very unhealthy position of making a profit from people who desperately need their wares. Exactly like plumbers on a weekend: the pharma industry can - and will, left to their own device - charge you any insane amount they want for your treatment that keeps you alive, like a plumber will charge you any insane amount to fix that leak before the whole living room is flooded.

    That's why it desperately needs to be regulated. If a Big Pharma exec thinks it's tough to turn a profit in a country, that country is doing its job correctly.

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    • Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s quite a fair point, I agree 👍

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  • rah@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    For a lot of the world, certainly in Britain, supplying medicine to people who need it is a very different concept to pharmaceutical companies doing good business.

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    • Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Mhmh yeah fair

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