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Nice to see!

This was developed in the UK for £11million and sold to Bristol Myers Squib for USD 14billion...

https://wellcome.org/news/new-treatment-for-schizophrenia-Co...



That's quite a handsome return. Which BMS feels empowered to do to since they can charge exorbitant amounts for it

I often am against the narrative that every pill should be priced at the cost of manufacturing + healthy margin, since by that logic the first pill should cost billions to cover for the R&D. In this case, it doesn't quite translate.




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