"C'mere, kid."
"Okay!"
"Now that everybody can buy your peanut medicine, how much do you think it's going to cost?"
"I don't know."
"Thirty bucks a peanut. Three thousand dollars."
"You're joking."
"Nope."
"But it's to make people healthy."
"Yep."
"Everyone should be able to buy it."
"I agree."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"I know."
- Aimmune said the list price for Palforzia will be $890 a month, or about $10,680 a year. Roth Capital Research analyst Zegbeh Jallah estimates the drug could generate annual sales of $1 billion by 2026.
Peanuts are among the most common foods that trigger allergies. A 2017 study estimated peanut-allergy prevalence had increased 21% since 2010, and that it affected nearly 2.5% of American children.
Yes, $3k is insane, but as someone who has had to give their mother an adrenaline shot twice, and seen her get airlifted by helicopter off an island in the middle of nowhere once, you've given your daughter one of the most under-rated gifts for life. Even when dining out without mom, I still feel anxious for the first five minutes after food arrives. Fuck capitalism, but the world is what it is, and your daughter's heart is made of gold and gives me hope for the future.