David Morrison/APwith the federal government to provide 300,000 doses of a drug that's designed to keep people infected with COVID-19 out of the hospital. The cost per dose: $1,250.
"Our goal is zero out-of-pocket expenses, wherever possible, for any patient receiving a Lilly COVID-19 antibody treatment," said CEO Dave Ricks. However,acknowledged that"health care facilities may charge a fee for the product's administration." The Lilly drug was tested on people who had been infected with the coronavirus but weren't sick enough to go to the hospital. As outlined in a paper1.6% of people who got the drug ended up in the hospital or at the emergency room, compared with 6.3% of people who got the placebo.
"A lot of people are already reluctant to get infusions of antibodies," Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner, said Tuesday. Compared with pills, he said,"people inherently look at an infusion as more invasive, as potentially more risky." Lilly says it has requested that the drug be made available specifically to those at higher risk – older Americans and people with obesity. Its study in theshows greater benefit for that at-risk group: 4% of the people in that group ended up in the hospital, compared with 15% of people over 65 or with obesity in the placebo group. However, the study was not designed to look at this subgroup, so this could be a statistical fluke.
Great. All those folks who no longer have jobs will get a lot of benefit from this -
Zelenko protocol has all the successes.Look at it.
Something for nothing? Just like your little participation trophies.
You would complain if you were...wait I can’t say that because someone would say that was a suggestion of violence. How ‘bout you wouldn’t be satisfied unless Bad Orange Man came to your house and served it to you on a silver platter and groveled at your feet during the infusion.
Can I prepay mine!
Laurie_Garrett Coronavirus is a very interesting sickness. America, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium couldn't fight it. But India did a great job. African countries even better. Vietnam is doing hundred times better than Izrael. Do you really believe it
Thanks for the buzz kill NPR.
Laurie_Garrett Good, but a drop in the bucket.
mereiusa Isn't this the drug on pause? Yah, I want to get in line for that...
That doesn't include the campaign contribution needed to get on the list of 300k Gold Members either
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Another Trump Family Deal. No Thanks!
Would you take any drug that the Trump government touts? I wouldn't.
Healthcare isn’t free
This tells me one thing. Trump getting Covid was a sham to promote drugs (that do nothing). He took these antibodies & in just 2 days, claimed to be better. Yet, trials just ended b/c there was no evidence of them working.
Do you want a vaccine for all or do you want relief for a few privileged? Dave Ricks CEO Eli Lilly salary $16.625 million last year.
Cool, this has fuck all to do with me, a commoner
Dave Ricks salary: $16.625 million last year.
Lilly has 'encouraged' obesity for decades viz. its antipsychotic Zyprexa - US gov't has deal w/Lilly to distribute 300K doses of an antibody drug at no cost; but IV infusions oft cost $1,000 Lilly wants drug reserved for high risk patients, older & obese
Laurie_Garrett Oh for Pete's sake! Can't we get anything right?
Indeed. Consider the Eli Lillies...
Let's strike a deal for healthcare for all. That doesn't mean it will be free. It means it will be health. biden
Didn’t they just state this treatment from Eli Lilly doesn’t work
Democrats want you to pay your fair share for the vaccine!
Didn’t this drug fail phase 3 trials?
The same company that HHS Azar was the CEO and who oversaw the doubling of the cost of insulin between 2012-2017? Cronyism at its finest
Laurie_Garrett Hospitals tend to be quite clever that way. Any kickbacks?
Lilly just pulled the plug on bamlanivimab trial in hospitalized severely ill covid patients due to lack of evidence that it works. Catch up, or do better research.
Yeeeaa about that...
My God,
How much stock does Donald and his family own?
theodoricofyork What?
Single payer, baby. It's our only hope.
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ONLY 1250 a dose, shit, gimme a double
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