What would make you think negotiation is arbitrary? I my experience, it's all about specifics.
I don't see a reason to think true scarcity matters at all here. The hard part about generally isn't making doses 100 through infinity. The hard part is making the first dose, and to a lesser extent the next few. This is why drugs get special patent protection. That is, artificial, government-enforced scarcity.
I don't see a reason to think true scarcity matters at all here. The hard part about generally isn't making doses 100 through infinity. The hard part is making the first dose, and to a lesser extent the next few. This is why drugs get special patent protection. That is, artificial, government-enforced scarcity.