>Lazy thinking. I'll pretend this insult wasn't here. >Governments that provide and purchase healthcare services are also in the business of funding research.

>Lazy thinking. I'll pretend this insult wasn't here. >Governments that provide and purchase healthcare services are also in the business of funding research. Well, some research, but the $100M+ cost of studies to get anything approved as a medication is exclusive done by companies hoping to profit from selling it, AFAIK. One effect of this system is that no one funds such studies for non patentable substances.