Profits from vaccines - Page 5

[Turquesa]

Originally Posted by Turquesa 

For those of you who believe that competing interests in vaccine research and policy-making are not a big deal because "vaccines don't make a lot of money," I'm curious: At what profit margin would you start to consider these competing interests unacceptable?

Bumping up another question.

ETA: I'm referring only to vaccine developers and drug companies, not individual doctors.

[Chicharronita]

Good question. I think the pharmaceutical companies who are still making them still see them as money-makers, or else they'd pull out.

[Rrrrrachel]

They're actually contractually obligated to keep makin them so they don't have the option of pulling out.

[kathymuggle]

I doubt they would sign a contract they did not believe was in their best financial interest.

[Rrrrrachel]

Originally Posted by kathymuggle 

I doubt they would sign a contract they did not believe was in their best financial interest.

Sometimes contracts with the government just work out that way.