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Big Pharma bad, but making drugs is incredibly costly. Especially in Alzheimers, where so many candidates failed. It's incredible someone is even trying after s

by f6v 5y ago

Big Pharma bad, but making drugs is incredibly costly. Especially in Alzheimers, where so many candidates failed. It's incredible someone is even trying after so many failures.

CogitoCogito 5y ago
That's true, but I don't really see why the drug companies shouldn't pay those costs.
- alexslobodnik 5y ago
  The second order effects may be that they wouldn't want to even try to develop a drug. What world do you want to live in? (Rhetorical)
  - mcguire 5y ago
    The third order effects may be continued erosion of respect for the federal government's regulatory process. Tread carefully. (And make lots of money while you can.)
    - jhayward 5y ago
      And blowing out the drug budget for medicare for a very expensive but futile treatment.
- tinus_hn 5y ago
  If you say they should pay the costs, they should also reap the rewards, so in that case you have to accept that drugs are really expensive.