Drug company employee salaries and overhead also keep pace with inflation, better than academic salaries. I don’t understand your point. A biologic production

Drug company employee salaries and overhead also keep pace with inflation, better than academic salaries. I don’t understand your point. A biologic production line requires extensive upkeep: it is a living product. Costs all around are higher. There are also Phase IV activities to consider. Bottom line, all else being equal, biologics cost more than small-molecule drugs to make and distribute.