[goodluckchuck]

Im sorry, but I don’t understand what you’re saying. There’s no identifiable subjects.

Who screamed to give it away when who invented it? Who wanted to pay / set a $100k price?

Who made the existing treatment?

If capitalism worked who would sell the new pill for less? If it’s better, couldn’t you charge more?

[mnau]

The brand name was Sovaldi, feel free to set filter on Google to the time of release and read various newspapers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir#Society_and_cultu...

> In April 2014, U.S. House Democrats Henry Waxman, Frank Pallone Jr., and Diana DeGette wrote Gilead Sciences Inc. questioning the $84,000 price for sofosbuvir. They specifically asked Gilead CEO John Martin to "explain how the drug was priced, what discounts are being made available to low-income patients and government health programs, and the potential impact to public health by insurers blocking or delaying access to the medicine because of its cost."

[maxerickson]

The existing standard of care was a liver transplant. The price that the manufacturers set for the drug was based on what they thought various insurers would be willing to pay for it.

People definitely caterwauled about a $100,000 drug regimen, nevermind that it is often a cure and a lot better than an organ transplant.