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> Or we could consider non-profit bases for pharmaceutical R&D, but that goes against the current dominant free market ideology. Considering the huge costs of
by nisa 9y ago
> Or we could consider non-profit bases for pharmaceutical R&D, but that goes against the current dominant free market ideology.
Considering the huge costs of healthcare in western countries why don't all the states or maybe EU cooperate? This seems to happen in research but why stop there? Add 1% of tax for it - it's probably worth it - alone on the fact you have an organisation without profit motivation.
However even if realized I guess lobbying will destroy any good that might come out of such an initiative before it's even started.
- maxerickson 9y agoThere's some amount of government support of medical research: https://www.nih.gov/grants-funding https://www.nih.gov/grants-funding It apparently contributes something or other to the system: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/02/06/1715368115 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/02/06/1715368115 (annual NIH grants are ~$32 billion, NIH funded research contributed to every drug brought to market in the US between 2010 and 2016...)
- wbl 9y agoThere is a huge gap between "this does X in a petri dish" and a drug that works in the clinic.
- SubiculumCode 9y agoI think she means help in the final steps of drug approval and production.