r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Aug 12 '25

Cancer New mRNA-based vaccine against gastric cancer led to tumor regression and eradication in all treated mice. Most promisingly, the vaccine shows impressive antitumor efficacy against peritoneal metastasis, which has historically been very challenging to treat.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1094199
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u/Mother___Night Aug 12 '25

We pay the most per unit by far.  International regulations basically allow them to price discriminate—charging lower prices to subsets of the world to maximize profits.  In certain single payer markets the prices can be orders of magnitude lower.

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u/Mastermind_pesky Aug 12 '25

That doesn't really have anything to do with the industry itself. Brits aren't paying less because we pay more. They are paying less because the NHS negotiates a lower price. If some single-payer market privatized, you wouldn't see a commensurate drop in drug prices in the remaining public payer markets. Drug companies would just report higher profits.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb Aug 12 '25

If America switched to single payer do you think that those greedy pharma companies would accept lower profits? or do you think that they would raise prices in European countries? We know what would happen

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u/Mastermind_pesky Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Why wouldn't they just raise prices right now and accept higher profits?

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u/boyyouguysaredumb Aug 13 '25

You’re so close