Its late stage capitalism at its finest. Profiting off mass suffering is to be applauded and rewarded, not considered immoral and illegal. We would rather let each other die of treatable conditions than have slightly lower profit.
Horrific period in a time full of them.
Usually, the private sector finds public funds for the risky parts.. or starts off from discoveries made with public funds in a University.
That is _everything_!
So what did we achieve with our superior capitalistic systems when it comes to fighting one of the worst threats to our species?
Look, I ain't a communist, but I ain't in favor of capitalism either. What I know is that cheerleading will get us nowhere. We need to critically think about our course as a human species and if you think we're on a proper trajectory, think again.
And also this one: https://mises.org/library/advancing-pharmaceutical-and-medic...
It's in no one's interest to have people dying instead of buying and selling services.
Don't forget that the charities don't have the 11 billion now because the money goes elsewhere (to pharma corps), but people might give it to the charity if the corps didnt't exist.
The same development could possibly cost less, that's another thing to consider.
Overall my point is that the greed of pharma companies is not because of capitalism because it wouldn't be possible in pure capitalism. It's enabled by the government.