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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Launchballer talk 06:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

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Royalty Pharma

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  • ... that by its own count, Royalty Pharma owns partial rights to 7 of the top 30 selling drugs in the United States?
  • Source: "Cashing in on rising drug prices often unleashes an outcry from consumers and politicians. But a little-known private equity investor, Royalty Pharma, has built an unusual investment portfolio valued at $15 billion — it buys up the rights to royalties on future drug sales — while largely avoiding public controversy. By its own count, Royalty Pharma owns partial rights to seven of the 30 top-selling drugs in the United States, including giants like Humira, the arthritis treatment that is the single biggest-selling medication in America. And its deals have been getting larger." NY Times
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 169 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 16:29, 13 April 2025 (UTC).

  • QPQ done, article seems long enough and decently sourced, no copyvio concerns. However, per the original source and your excerpt, the claim is specifically By its own count, Royalty Pharma owns partial rights to seven of the 30 top-selling drugs in the United States (emphasis mine). Also, change "seven" to "7" for consistency per MOS:NUM. Change these here and in the article and I'll finish this review. Departure– (talk) 19:36, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
@Departure–: Thank you for your review! I have made the changes you recommended. Thriley (talk) 04:33, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
@Thriley: Sorry for not getting to this sooner, I didn't get your ping. I'll take a second look at this tomorrow and more than likely support. Cheers! Departure– (talk) 02:17, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Approved on all criteria (I've been busy with things on- and off-wiki, so sorry for the long wait time!), no copyvio and viable as moved to mainspace within a week of this nomination. Good to go! Departure– (talk) 13:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
@Thriley: Actually, I'm going to scrutinize this a bit more. The hook itself is lifted directly out of the source. Do you have a fair rephrasing of it so the DYK hook itself isn't a copyvio concern? Departure– (talk) 13:37, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
@Thriley: Courtesy ping to reword the hook or propose an ALT, as your reviewer has unapproved. Cielquiparle (talk) 13:13, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
I am going to add a new hook later today. Best, Thriley (talk) 18:15, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
@Thriley: It has been several days since your last comment. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:07, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
  • @Thriley: Can you please give a short excerpt from the source? I can't access NYT. Departure– (talk) 18:12, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
"The payout is believed to be the largest financial return ever achieved for a charitable organization pursuing treatments for disease and is likely to encourage other patient advocacy groups to seek their own deals with pharmaceutical companies; a growing number are already doing so." [1] Thriley (talk) 18:26, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
  • @Thriley: Going to object to that one for two reasons. First, the source qualifies the claim with "it is believed" while both the hook and the article present it as fact. Second, even if that was certain when this article came out, it's been over a decade since this article and the information may not be true today. Do you have another hook? There's about 11 days to timeout, fyi. Departure– (talk) 18:37, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that a $3.3 billion drug royalties deal between Royalty Pharma and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was part of the foundation's model of venture philanthropy? Thriley (talk) 18:51, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

  • WP:DYKINT problem - that's hardly interesting or unusual as a hook should be. Got another? Departure– (talk) 19:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
  • @Thriley: One week to timeout. Please give another hook, the last one doesn't exactly meet DYKINT. Thank you. Departure– (talk) 15:16, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
Actually, this is under April 8 at TM:TDYK, so has already timed out.--Launchballer 15:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
No response to the above, so marking for closure per DYKTIMEOUT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:01, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
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