[Xenoamorphous]

Due to the pandemic I’ve often thought about what the ideal model for vaccines and other drugs would be. I understand that there’s enormous costs for pharma companies to bring a new drug to the market, and I guess a lot of new drug prospects end up not going anywhere, but it’s hard to swallow that there’s drugs out there that are cheap to manufacture and are life saving (or life changing) for people that need them yet some/many of them can’t afford them.

What’s the best way to fix this? Direct government funding? Indirect one via subsidising the drugs for those who need it? Im

[fallingknife]

For one thing we can cut down on red tape. The covid vaccines have proven that the typical FDA approval process is way too long. Trials are usually the most expensive part of drug development, so this would cut down on costs to consumers by a lot.