Ward, Danny and others in “Unfinished Business”

Ward

[resuming a meeting after Danny's entrance] Like I was saying, this anti-parasitic antimonial will have far-reaching effects. There are–

Danny

[aside] What is this?

Joy

Pricing strategy for a new drug we patented.

Ward

–this will hit markets in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, even Eastern Europe. These are all possible customers.

Joy

Which means we can make this in bulk, making the production price less than $5 a pill.

So we can sell for $50 per dosage. It'll fund new research and give a nice boost to our profit margin and pharmaceutical division.

Danny

Excuse me, but umm, how many people die from, what is it?

Ward

Leishmaniasis. If left untreated, the latest numbers show roughly 50,000 a year.

Danny

And we have the cure. We can save lives at 5 bucks a pill but you want to raise the price?

Ward

I know how this looks, but this is how business is done.

Danny

We should sell at cost.

Joy

That's... that's not how it works. This is normal business.

Danny

Then normal is not the best path to take. We can make our profits elsewhere.

Lawrence

Please Mr. Rand, we know how to do this. The World Health Organization will make most of the purchases and subsidize it for third-world countries. No one who needs this will be left untreated.

Danny

No one should make a profit off of the misery of others. It's wrong.