@pmonks @Dangerous_beans Gilead makes something like $20b in profits annually. They could afford to say "fuck it, we're just doing this one for human goodness" and continue on.
A study concluded it could be mass produced for about $30 and sold at a profit for $40. About 60 million people would probably need it immediately, so we're still talking hundreds of millions of dollars in annual profits for the foreseeable future.