r/facepalm 27d ago

The what now 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/D-Laz 27d ago

We will see. It takes time to get these things approved through normal channels.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 27d ago

FDA approval will add cost of course as well.

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u/ExpertlyAmateur 27d ago

Big pharma will just buy the patent and sit on it for 50 years because theyre already making bank from overcharging a handful of ok-ish treatments.

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u/Cyer_bot 27d ago

Or mark it up by 5000% and then sell it back to us.