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At least one of
these companies, Cardinal, saw its PPE orders surge
to 12 times the normal volume. Profit-making was also part of the pandemic pricing plan
at Gilead, which manufactured
the one drug, Remdesivir, that was effective
at treating COVID. The federal government owned
patents on the drug, and it paid
for essential research. But the Trump administration
permitted Gilead to charge more than
$3,000 a patient for a treatment that cost
less than $10 to manufacture. I left in mid-April,
and my takeaway was really that
I still feel like I haven't worked
for the government
these companies, Cardinal, saw its PPE orders surge
to 12 times the normal volume. Profit-making was also part of the pandemic pricing plan
at Gilead, which manufactured
the one drug, Remdesivir, that was effective
at treating COVID. The federal government owned
patents on the drug, and it paid
for essential research. But the Trump administration
permitted Gilead to charge more than
$3,000 a patient for a treatment that cost
less than $10 to manufacture. I left in mid-April,
and my takeaway was really that
I still feel like I haven't worked
for the government
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At least one of
these companies, Cardinal,
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saw its PPE orders surge
to 12 times the normal volume.
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Profit-making was also part of
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the pandemic pricing plan
at Gilead,
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which manufactured
the one drug, Remdesivir,
00:00:15.247 --> 00:00:18.152
that was effective
at treating COVID.
00:00:18.184 --> 00:00:20.687
The federal government owned
patents on the drug,
00:00:20.072 --> 00:00:22.923
and it paid
for essential research.
00:00:22.956 --> 00:00:25.292
But the Trump administration
permitted Gilead
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to charge more than
$3,000 a patient
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for a treatment that cost
less than $10 to manufacture.
00:00:33.007 --> 00:00:37.978
I left in mid-April,
and my takeaway
00:00:37.001 --> 00:00:38.972
was really that
I still feel like
00:00:39.026 --> 00:00:40.374
I haven't worked
for the government.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
