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Sorry, Kid, You're Not Profitable Enough
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One of the most important chemotherapy drugs for pediatric cancer? There's a shortage, and supplies might end up being rationed. Why? The sole manufacturer, Pfizer, is having trouble on the manufacturing front. Why is Pfizer the only manufacturer? Because the other manufacturer decided that it didn't want to make the stuff anymore. Why? "Business decision." This is what happens when you let private companies make decisions that are literally life-and-death. Children might die? Think of the shareholders! (New York Times)
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