When Mark Cuban Feeling spicy, he'll always tell you. billionaire businessmanbasketball owner, and shark Tank The impresario delivered a powerful performance on WIRED's The Big Interview program on Tuesday Elon MuskThe pharmaceutical industry, and why he thinks “couch fucking” and Gary Gensler's crypto policy are what caused Kamala Harris to lose the election.
Speaking with WIRED senior writer Lauren Good, Cuban explained the trajectory of Cost Plus Drugs, the pharmaceutical company he founded, in 2022. By offering transparency on costs and pricing policies, Cuban says his company has been able to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry, providing consumers with choice. droxidopa Uninsured patients were being quoted for more than $3,000 per month, compared to $20 per month.
“We have reduced the price of [one of our 2,500 medications] every single weekday for 18 months,” Cuban said, claiming that the company has also had great success in publishing its entire price list, something that consumers and researchers have always found incredibly difficult to obtain from other drug providers. Has been tough since.
Now, Cuban says, studies have shown that if Medicare, for example, purchased nine specific drugs from Cost Plus Drugs instead of its other sources, the government could save billions of dollars, which would not only benefit the health care system. indicates a malfunction. In fact, a well-funded company can have a real impact.
It's not that Cuba isn't making money on cost-plus drugs, because it is. he can cook MoreHe told Good, but as he said, “How much money do I need? I'm not trying to land on Mars.”
The crackdown, possibly directed at Elon Musk, was one of several comments Cuban made about the billionaire X owner. For one, he talked about his move from X to Bluesky in recent months, saying he thinks it's an overall “existential moment” for Musk's platform.
Because of Bluesky's troll-blocking capabilities and what Cuban calls more engagement-friendly policies, he says he finds it much easier to get involved there, whether it's Kamala Harris, cryptocurrency or the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, in which he is a minority. There is a stake. “If you want to know what Elon thinks, Twitter is amazing,” Cuban joked, but added that he thinks Bluesky is a more true “social network” than his.
Mark Cuban and Lauren Goode in The Big InterviewPhotograph: Tristan DeBrouwere