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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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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.
The argument also falls apart when the same stuff is evidently cheaper, but still profitable, when for fish.
Gross mark ups are necessary for shareholders and marketing expenses, the most necessary parts of the pharmaceutical industry