Merck's new 'not Ivermectin' Covid-19 treatment, molnupiravir, costs $17.74 to produce - yet the company is charging the US government $712 for the treatment - a 40x markup.

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Merck's new 'not Ivermectin' Covid-19 treatment, molnupiravir, costs $17.74 to produce - yet the company is charging the US government $712 for the treatment - a 40x markup. (web.archive.org)

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$17.74 to produce my ass. One round of treatment cant be much more than a few dozen pills. More like 74 cents. Im sure they marked up a assload of fake RnD costs just to come up with their number

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