Talk:John C. Martin (businessman)

Latest comment: 6 years ago by InternetArchiveBot in topic External links modified

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This quote from Bloomberg (2014) was deleted as "failing WP:V)" which it doesn't.

  • Armstrong, Drew (21 March 2014). "Gilead's $84,000 Treatment Questioned by U.S. Lawmakers". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

"On one hand, this agent offers up to a 95% response rate as part of an interferon-free treatment regimen for hepatitis C.6 Generally speaking, it is more effective and better tolerated than alternative treatments. Unfortunately, the current per pill cost—$1,000—results in an $84,000 treatment course, creating barriers to therapy for many. Patients, providers, and payors alike have expressed outrage, and the debate has even drawn the attention of the US Congress. Despite these concerns, sofosbuvir rapidly has become a top seller in the United States."

— Bloomberg March 21st, 2014


It was replaced with this quote from Pharmacy Purchasing and Products article which is from February 2015. This quote is promotional. It was added with this summary "restore quote with correct source (it was from Pharmacy Purchasing & Products Magazine); also fix source template)" Pharmacy Purchasing & Products Magazine is not the "correct source;" as it is promotional and was published almost a year after the Bloomberg article was published.


"Sofosbuvir also is an excellent example of both the benefit and the challenge of specialty medications. On one hand, this agent offers up to a 95% response rate as part of an interferon-free treatment regimen for hepatitis C.6 Generally speaking, it is more effective and better tolerated than alternative treatments.6 Unfortunately, the current per pill cost—$1,000—results in an $84,000 treatment course, creating barriers to therapy for many.6 Patients, providers, and payors alike have expressed outrage, and the debate has even drawn the attention of the US Congress.7 Despite these concerns, sofosbuvir rapidly has become a top seller in the United States ...."

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I will wait for a response and then I will undo the changes. Thanks to fellow volunteer editors for contributing your free time to Wikipedia.Oceanflynn (talk) 21:56, 17 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pppmag_2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).