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There are many multi billion dollar companies that do pharmaceutical research outside the US, their revenue is not exclusively from the US, suggesting there wou
by orbifold 9y ago
There are many multi billion dollar companies that do pharmaceutical research outside the US, their revenue is not exclusively from the US, suggesting there would be no healthcare without the US, is like suggesting there would be no cars without the US
[Roche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann-La_Roche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann-La_Roche)
[Merck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_Group)
[Bayer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer)
[Sanofi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi)
- throwaway-1209 9y agoMerck is a US company. Switzerland has no government provided healthcare and their healthcare costs are also very high.
- orbifold 9y agoMerck isn't a US company, it is a German company. There is a US company with the same name that originates from a seizure of US assets of the German company with the same name.
- throwaway-1209 9y agoAlso known as the Merck that actually invents new drugs and rakes in almost three times the revenue of the German counterpart. I wonder if the fact that it's a US company has something to do with that. Hmm.