&gt; if they demanded a trillion dollars per pill<p>Then nobody would buy it and they would lose their investment.<p>&gt; force the government to pay it<p>They can&#x27;t force the government to do anything. Of course, the government can just take the pills from them, but if they did that, then no more cures would be developed.<p>&gt; people refuse to put an economic value on life<p>People do all the time. Every time you (and everyone else) make a decision of risk vs cost vs utility, you do. For example, some cars are safer than others. How does that influence what you&#x27;ll pay for a car?