Pfizer sees ‘opportunity’ to hike price for COVID-19 vaccine

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Pfizer is currently charging the US government $19.50 per dose of the vaccine.PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

For instance, Pfizer is charging the US government $19.50 per dose — well below the $150 or $175 per dose it typically pulls in for a vaccine, D’Amelio said on the company’s February earnings call.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/16/pfize...rice-for-covid-vaccine/?utm_source=reddit.com

 

[digifoss]

Big pharma. I'll pass on their vaccine

 

[Glowworm]

Big pharma. I'll pass on their vaccine

Whose vaccine will you choose instead because I don't imagine that any of the companies are supplying vaccine for free

 

[digifoss]

Whose vaccine will you choose instead because I don't imagine that any of the companies are supplying vaccine for free

None of the above. We are not getting the vaccine, any of them

 

[charry]

Not having the vaccine here either, !!

 

[terry123]

I will get whatever is available when its my turn.

 

[Irwin]

Pfizer is currently charging the US government $19.50 per dose of the vaccine.PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

For instance, Pfizer is charging the US government $19.50 per dose — well below the $150 or $175 per dose it typically pulls in for a vaccine, D’Amelio said on the company’s February earnings call.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/16/pfize...rice-for-covid-vaccine/?utm_source=reddit.com

Pfizer's stock hasn't done much since it came up with its version of the vaccine, which should have shown huge gains if they were making a lot of profit from it. And it's hard to imagine that they're supplying it altruistically with minimum profit.

Something fishy is going on.

 

[Don M.]

It appears that Governments are "absorbing" the costs of these vaccines, at present....via more deficit spending. As such, and with all the publicity this virus is receiving, these drug companies are probably producing and selling their vaccines at a minimal profit. However, when this virus is brought under control, and these government "stimulus" programs cease, any future "booster" shots for "variants", will probably come at a pretty high price.

With all the massive costs associated with this Virus, I fully expect the cost of health insurance to spike upwards substantially in the not too distant future.