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> In the short term they will make money This is generally reason enough for companies to do what they will, consequences be damned.
by faitswulff 7y ago
> In the short term they will make money
This is generally reason enough for companies to do what they will, consequences be damned.
- dmix 7y agoYes. This is literally the business model of tons of successful billion dollar companies in bio and pharma who continually find new revenue streams by attracting talent and acquiring new “exciting firms”. The OPs conspiracies don’t hold any water to reality. The reason for drug prices are randomly spiking in the US (for a small minority of drugs lucky enough to be in FDA backlogs) is mostly unrelated to the R&D side: https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-d...