Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) confronted a CEO Thursday for pricing a drug designed to reduce the risk of HIV transmission at $8 in Australia but over $1,500 in the U.S.
“You’re the CEO of Gilead. Is it true that Gilead made $3 billion in profits from Truvada in 2018?” Ocasio-Cortez asked Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day.
“$3 billion in revenue,” he clarified.
The current list price is $2,000 a month in the United States, correct?“ she asked, referring to Truvada.
“It’s $1,780 in the United States,” O'Day responded.
“Why is it $8 in Australia?” Ocasio-Cortez countered.
“Truvada still has patent protection in the United States and in the rest of the world it is generic,” O'Day explained, adding, “It will be generically available in the United States as of September 2020.”
“I think it’s important here that we notice that we the public, we the people, developed this drug. We paid for this drug, we lead and developed all the patents to create Prep and then that patent has been privatized despite the fact that the patent is owned by the public, who refused to enforce it,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“There’s no reason this should be $2,000 a month. People are dying because of it and there’s no enforceable reason for it.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444091-ocasio-cortez-confronts-ceo-for-nearly-2k-price-tag-on-drug-that-costs-8-in
extensive energy caused by The Hyperfixation
what is Sleep? quick naps will do if required at all
i’ve been awake for 32 hours and yet my brain won’t let me fall asleep
am i Annoying? probably
no one likes me, including myself
feelings of hurt, rejection, abandonment featuring creeping suicidal ideation
FUCK THEM!!!!!! intense anger followed by self-loathing and regret
a daily subscription to The Mood Swings caused by seemingly insignificant incidents
boredom
more boredom, now the extended version in which you start considering potential regrettable life choices
my brain is A Carrousel and someone needs to unplug the power cable
chronically unorganized, chronically forgetful, chronically bored!!!
it… never… stops…
i’m Tired™
the movement never stops which means i never stop
oh no, i forgot that
would i even be myself without The Disorder
Hey damien, how are you and your fish doing?
He blinks a bit. “I.... don’t have? Fish? I have birds!”
Sbuby, his jet-black and red cockatiel lands on his shoulder with an inhuman shriek. Damien chuckles and gives him a scritchie.
Why do we as a society keep coming back to sex jokes?
Penis blast hilarious
DAY 15
GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15
Just for my own curiosity.
i’ve been drawing The Boys for a while now but haven’t uploaded any of them for some reason
hey hey! did you know the obey me subreddit made a demon voucher (and later sheep mc) on r/place?
super cool how our something obey me related is there out of the thousands of pixel artworks on there!
if you don’t know what r/place is, it’s a subreddit that happens on april fools day where everyone has access to this giant pixel canvas! if you want to create something there, it’s best to work together with a group!! shoutout to the peeps who made these!!
solomon
Hello and welcome back, I am back live and just getting a few pieces out which were sitting in cold storage while I was gone , I might put up a post on that or have depending on when this goes up. Yeah , more to come from this series, going to do a headshot of each of the bois , or most of the bois I like (which is all of them , but especially damien , and matt). Yeah here’s a leaf with a leaf. Ownership of the character is belongs to Michaela Laws Go support the games, the visual novel is free with a second one also out there. Let me know if you would like to use this piece anywhere , I’m generally chill with it for fanart.
*solutes to nsfw* GOOD JOB SOLDIER. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE