> the US essentially subsidizes the entire drug research industry This isn’t entirely true. The US does pay more for drugs but a lot of this money isn’t spent

> the US essentially subsidizes the entire drug research industry This isn’t entirely true. The US does pay more for drugs but a lot of this money isn’t spent on research. In fact pharmaceutical companies spend far more on advertising than research: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-pharmaceutical-companies-are-spending-far-more-on-marketing-than-research/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-p...