A country can't really pay for it's 'own' drug research unless that research is never shared or the drugs never made available outside that country. Unlike defe

A country can't really pay for it's 'own' drug research unless that research is never shared or the drugs never made available outside that country. Unlike defense, which requires physical presence in a place, once drugs are created and researched, the cost of production is often very low. With defense, the cost of organizing, training, and equipping troops will never go away.