Maybe. But I sympathize with people who recoil at the idea of "Extremely cheap life saving medication sold at unaffordable price".
Must it be sold to the world at a price that is only reasonable for the richest countries to pay?
Is there no possible regulatory system that could avoid 20 years of HIV spread and death in poor countries, while still getting the rich countries to pay their fair share?
> Must it be sold to the world at a price that is only reasonable for the richest countries to pay? Is there no possible regulatory system that could avoid 20 years of HIV spread and death in poor countries, while still getting the rich countries to pay their fair share?
Gilead literally did that! They sold Sovaldi (a treatment for Hepatitis C) for $1000/pill in the USA and $5/pill in India. And people hated them for it.
Only because Americans insist on their self-harm health insurance system. Americans are both collectively wealthy and have a very small number HIV infections per capita
Maybe. But I sympathize with people who recoil at the idea of "Extremely cheap life saving medication sold at unaffordable price".
Must it be sold to the world at a price that is only reasonable for the richest countries to pay?
Is there no possible regulatory system that could avoid 20 years of HIV spread and death in poor countries, while still getting the rich countries to pay their fair share?