According to Frazier:
"Merck has increased the prices of its drugs on a yearly basis, but we've tried to be constrained in how we've done it, in a way we think doesn't prevent people from affording our drugs. There's a huge challenge we face between trying to optimize access to our drugs in whatever pricing we establish, and trying to ensure that you have the resources to continue to pursue the next generation of drugs. We try to take a responsible, balanced approach."When asked by the Wall Street Journal, "What would be a way to link the price of drugs to the value they bring?" Frazier replied:
"For example, charging people a price commensurate with the actual outcomes that drugs produce. Now, there are a lot of barriers in the system to sharing risk with some of our customers. The laws around what we can and cannot do in our pricing model were made for a different environment. They weren't made for performance-based contracting or risk-sharing or any of those kinds of experimental approaches to pricing that Merck actually is very eager to try out with some of its customers."
Comment: The only way to understand the rampant greed of this despicable industry is to understand that the characteristics of those who run these corporations are noticeably similar to those of psychopaths: lack of conscience, lack of remorse for evils done to others, indifference to the suffering of its victims, willingness to exploit others, always looking for ways to make money and willing to cause or contribute to the financial ruin of others.