Martin Shkreli gouged on off-patent medicine. Pretending patents are the problem is short sighted. >It costs a quarter to manufacture each pill but the manufac

Martin Shkreli gouged on off-patent medicine. Pretending patents are the problem is short sighted. >It costs a quarter to manufacture each pill but the manufacturers charge several dollars for that pill. Is Trump writing checks to pay for R&D, salaries, etc? Of course they cost more than are to manufacture, that's the basics of business. Unless we move to a heavily regulated single-payer system then these problems will continue. SP will negotiate with drug companies from a powerful position and be able to push down costs via policy. We keep seeing success with SP and socialized healthcare in Europe and elsewhere and somehow keep pretending the problem is too much regulation (?) or patents. Yet somehow Europe manages to thrive with those very same issues! >We have evidence that the FDA errs too conservatively The FDA has had public whistleblowers to stop dangerous drugs from getting approved. Its extremely arguable whether the FDA is either too conservative or too liberal or easily gamed by political pressure.