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Almad

@DejahEntendu @rbreich Yes, but how much was the R&D? I have bad googling probably

16 Jan 2023 at 18:08 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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DThoris

@almad @rbreich Given Moderna's profits, I'd say they made back the money they spent. If they hadn't, it wouldn't be profit, it'd be covering cost.

16 Jan 2023 at 18:13 | Open on dice.camp
Almad

@DejahEntendu @rbreich I am not sure this is how R&D accounting works, hence asking about data

(I am the first one to agree on greediness as that’s kinda the point of public companies, but I also like primary sources and like to know proportions)

16 Jan 2023 at 18:23 | Open on fosstodon.org
DThoris

@almad @rbreich that's the thing. They don't release R&D figs, to my knowledge. It's not like they developed the mRNA tech. That already existed. Yes, creating a vaccine isn't overltly simple or necessarily cheap, but they do it every year for flu, and the costs for flu vaccine is closer to what was being charged last year, not what they're proposing now.

16 Jan 2023 at 18:27 | Open on dice.camp
Almad

@DejahEntendu @rbreich AFAIK the expensive part of vaccines are trials, and those are mostly expensive because of waiting for sufficient amount of people to get infected.

Which I assume is not mandated for flu vaccine since that’s just remix, and was easy-ish and subsidized for Covid during pandemic

16 Jan 2023 at 18:48 | Open on fosstodon.org
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