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Er, no? Drug companies spend on average about $1-2 billion in R&D per new drug[0]. [0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629616000291 http
by losvedir 7y ago
Er, no? Drug companies spend on average about $1-2 billion in R&D per new drug[0].
[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629616000291 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016762961...
- mempko 7y agoHow is this a good thing ? Corporate research is more susceptible to bias and their focus is on what's profitable. What incentive do they have on making drugs that cure vs those thay address symptoms?
- dv_dt 7y agoAnd they spend even more or marketing which is allowed only in the US and few other nations.
- chimeracoder 7y ago> And they spend even more or marketing which is allowed only in the US and few other nations. No, most marketing is not direct-to-consumer marketing. Marketing absolutely is allowed in Europe, as evidenced by the massive amounts of money that drug companies spend on marketing within Europe.