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darksigma
this is amazing, is the formula open source? I wonder if we can crowdfund mass manufacturing
ryanlol
How is it amazing? Nobody ever said producing medicine is expensive, being able to sell it is.

This is at best a puff piece attempting to defame Shkreli instead of pointing the blame where it belongs.

sheraz
You are going to get downvoted, so take this upvote for speaking the truth
mamadrood
A lot of people already did that and it's already cheap anywhere in the world. The thing is, to be able to sell it in the US you would have to be approved by the FDA and that's why Shkreli got away with it, there can't be any legal competition before at least a few years.
_Wintermute
Manufacturing pharmaceuticals is not cheap or easy. Even the US's National Institute for Health had to shut down producing drugs for clinical trials recently due to GMP violations.
hatsunearu
This amazing YouTube chemist named NurdRage has been working to make Daraprim aka Pyrimethamine from household chemicals for I think years now. He made his own (chemical) path from what he can get to what Daraprim is, and shares his opinion about the kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd7hXFnSHZc

tl;dw: They used lab grade materials from chemical vendors.

dekhn
It's irresponsible to claim that somebody who synthesized a chemical has made a wholly saleable product. They are not fungible.