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by lotsofpulp 26 days ago
> Do we even know? Is it truly worth 1.5M?

I don’t know what worth means, but the price is the price. I can see all the bills that the insurance company pays the hospital, and the hospital collects $80k per dose of medicines like

https://www.asparlas.com/

And $100k+ for

https://www.blincyto.com/

And $10k to $15k for other infusions (can happen two times per week).

The hospital is owned by the government.

In general, pharmaceutical companies have huge profit margins and profits, and doctors earn a decent amount of money in the US, especially specialists. Also, liability is huge in the healthcare space, with awards in the millions and tens of millions.

>How do you explain that?

Bottom line is a lot of people earn a lot less money in other countries.