The FDA heavily restricts import of foreign drugs. That's been the case since the Thalidomide incident in the 60s. Essentially drug manufacturing is a closed ma

The FDA heavily restricts import of foreign drugs. That's been the case since the Thalidomide incident in the 60s. Essentially drug manufacturing is a closed market, not a free one. Even if one gets rid of the incumbents like Pfeizer or AstroZenica, the same system just breeds the same perverse incentives.