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jaronheard on Sept 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: It Costs $30 to Make a DIY EpiPen

For a public company, this calculation is pretty easy. If saving lives doesn't maximize shareholder value, you don't do it.

reitanqild on Sept 22, 2016 [–]

Lets hope those public companies will learn a lesson about enourmous public backlash, the wrath of consumer watchdogs etc sooner rather than later then?

Besides I thought (IANAL) this "maximize shareholder value" meaning short-term-economic-gain meme was massively misinterpreted and needs to die soon?

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