According to a report, the US Department of Defense financed COVID pill Molnupiravir is being sold by Merck at 40 times the actual cost price.
A 5 day course of molnupiravir, costs $17.74 to produce, according to a report (read below) published by The Intercept issued last week by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health and King’s College Hospital in London.
However, Merck is charging the U.S. government $712 for the same amount of medicine, or 40 times the price.
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