the only reason why a pharma company spends on advertising is because they get a return on it. I don't think they'd consider this to be a legitimate point, the

the only reason why a pharma company spends on advertising is because they get a return on it. I don't think they'd consider this to be a legitimate point, the gravamen of the case is that this money is not being spent on truly new drug development. Which ignores the minor detail of how are doctors and patients going to learn about new drugs in the first place. Of course, in their ideal system, there would be no new drugs, and I daresay there also wouldn't be 26 different types of antidepressants available to prescribe.