Either way, it would require medications to become so available that the market cannot produce big pharma essentially.

essentially supply & demand acting as a counter-balance to the drastic growth of pharma companies.

I like the idea that we can pay more for better treatments for illnesses and disease, however we will hit a point where we kind of have almost everything that we need.

Prices drop over time in a proper market.

maybe we should all buy mexican vicodin

isnt a med expensive to keep in production if demand is too low?

yes

Over time with medical practices and manufacturing improvements, demand may be low however stock for supply may increase.

I'm not sure if we need this exactly before we can solve this

The definitions for Civ-1 are pretty diverse

gets weirder the more you go forward with that idea / design

I think they are referring to antimatter / fusion cores

solar?

these are physicists

Doesn't mean they're always right. 😛

i dont see what it has to do with anything

I don't see where this conversation is going

When we have the abilities to manufacture a shit ton of meds, there will eventually be better business for medicine.

well that was your proposal to fix our medical business practice concerns, that we reach type 1

That may require a lot more power than we have right now

Our understanding of the universe and how to use it as a means to improve quality of living is certainly within the concept of civ-1

I haven't read any of this stuff in around 6 years

im not sure if our production capabilities are all that low that we cant actually get this stuff made

Well we can make medicine yes

most of their money i'd assume goes to R&D

Can we make enough of it to treat everyone with the problem at a reasonable cost? Far from it.

Will the shelf-life of the medicine be worth the cost for mass production?

It takes a lot of power to keep something really cold if that's needed.

ya

and we are talking about a growing population

i wonder if the drug Shkreli's company gouged the price on can be excused by cost of production for something almost nobody is buying

The demand is high but the supply is extremely low

taking the objective route he was maximizing his profit

taking the subjective route he was stalling the natural process of medical supply / distribution.

would you suggest any sort of policy reform for the way pharma companies operate, or that they should be left as is?

I don't feel confident enough with the lack of information and research on this topic to advise policies.

I am really saying that it's a pick-your-poison situation, with capitalism having an inevitable long-term benefit.

the most compelling argument against regulation to me, is that R&D will suffer

In a weird and brutal, yet truthful way, suffering is required for others to benefit.

It's also poetic; we are suffering for our children.