A joint study between Yale University, King’s College Hospital in London and Doctors Without Borders found a single shot could be made for just 89 cents.
It’s a pretty simple peptide, there’s multiple companies in China that make grey market versions.
The scarcity seems to come from the government enforced monopoly, only a single company is officially allowed to make it and they don’t have enough machines, I imagine getting more machines takes time.
Governments could issue compulsory licences for shortages like this, but they never do.
I’ve heard about shortages of the drug. Does anybody know how hard it actually is to make or if they’re manufacturing scarcity as well?
It’s a pretty simple peptide, there’s multiple companies in China that make grey market versions.
The scarcity seems to come from the government enforced monopoly, only a single company is officially allowed to make it and they don’t have enough machines, I imagine getting more machines takes time.
Governments could issue compulsory licences for shortages like this, but they never do.