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The majority of useful drug R&D (ie, not more penis enlargement pills) comes from research grants and university labs, not from private drug companies. It is a
by zanny 9y ago
The majority of useful drug R&D (ie, not more penis enlargement pills) comes from research grants and university labs, not from private drug companies. It is a great meme Big Pharma has spread as a means to protect their lavish profit structure.
The US leads in pharma research because it has the best research universities, not because it has private drug companies and no universal healthcare.
- refurb 9y agoThe majority of useful drug R&D (ie, not more penis enlargement pills) comes from research grants and university labs Absolutely false. Only 24% of new, innovative drugs come from academia. 76% come from biotech or pharma companies.[1] And even if they were discovered by an academic center, someone still has to take it all the way to the finish line which is where most of the cost comes from. [1]http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/11/04/where_drugs_come_from_the_numbers http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/11/04/whe...