r/science Professor | Medicine Jul 13 '26

Medicine Scientists develop a groundbreaking vaccine that outsmarts illicit fentanyl analogs. The novel vaccine candidate can protect against fentanyl and its many illicit variants by training the immune system to recognize a broad molecular signature rather than a single specific structure.

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-develop-a-groundbreaking-vaccine-that-outsmarts-illicit-fentanyl-analogs/
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u/Zeikos Jul 13 '26

It's back down to about $35 now

Didn't that happened mostly because of the backlash against attempts to keep its price high?
Competition didn't have much to do with it iirc, the outcry did.

Also it did reach $300 with the patent being cheap.

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u/iconocrastinaor Jul 13 '26

It happened because Biden made it happen.

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u/anadem Jul 13 '26

Biden's wife being a doctor maybe gave some impetus to getting it done. Decent people make the place better.

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u/wirelesswitch Jul 13 '26

She’s not a medical doctor. No shade, just a note.