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Research that led to the drug's development was financed by a $3,500,000 federal grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and over $200,000,000 by Abbott Labs. Most of the $200,000,000 figure cited by Abbott paid for clinical trials—despite NIH offering to pay for them—because Abbott was concerned about "public interest" responses to the high prices they projected Norvir would command.[1]
But to do the edit (deletion):
On text which portrays a drug company in a negative light.
Without discussion or debate.
From an account identified only by an IP address.
Where said IP address has only performed one "contribution": edit by 70.211.9.4 to date
Using a revision comment that suggests some level of sophistication: removed statment [sic] supported only by reference to an advocacy group blog WP:QUESTIONABLE
^Newman, Lily Hay (17 June 2014). "Wikipedia Is Smoking Out Paid Editors". Slate/Future Tense. The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
A company’s size and the collective IQs of their scientists have no relationship to this problem.
But that paper didn't have a current source for the transcript, so I wanted to mention it here in case others are looking for it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 01:54, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Ritonavir (RTV), sold[where?] under the brand name Norvir, is an antiretroviral medication used along with other medications to treat HIV/AIDS.
I added the flag. The reader shouldn't have to finish the lead to puzzle out that it quite likely implies "sold globally", which I certainly can't add myself to resolve the flag, because I know nothing about this topic whatsoever. — MaxEnt17:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
