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The Bear Case for SpaceX at $1.75T | Karpathy Joins Anthropic | Cursor vs Codex vs Claude Code | Codex Builds an ERP in 7 Hours | Why Ozempic Is $20 in China | EP14
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Pharma Pricing, Compounding Pharmacies & Biohacking Culture
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Developing a drug costs $2.3 billion over 15 years. You get 8 years to recoup it before generics hit. Meanwhile, US compounding pharmacies exploit a loophole to sell unbranded Ozempic for $50 instead of $1,500. It's the AI subscription pricing model applied to pharmaceuticals.
Peptides like BPC-157 and TB-500 are popular at biohacking retreats, but nearly all the evidence comes from animal studies. Less than 1% of mouse findings transfer to humans. Most peptide users are running an uncontrolled personal experiment with anecdotal backing.
Dr. Dan cited that a very small percentage — potentially less than 1% — of positive results in mouse studies actually transfer to humans.
