03/07/2021
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"you have a monopoly situation where the person who has a pill that is desperately needed... can charge anything they want for it?"
"We could do that in one way, which would be to say, we are just going to give Gilead as much money as we anticipate the company will make by the virtue of its patent monopoly."
"What is the moral implication of it? Are we comfortable as a nation with a product being available which can save human lives, but either individuals or government agencies are not able to afford that..."
"it is a certainty that it will continue in a worse way with this level of pricing."