The pharma corporations inflate R&D claims, and this R&D is also subsidized by taxpayers. (http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF http://www.citizen.org/doc

The pharma corporations inflate R&D claims, and this R&D is also subsidized by taxpayers. (http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF http://www.citizen.org/documents/ACFDC.PDF) (I also recall hearing that advertising costs are stuffed into the inflated R&D claims, but it's hard to really know how much, due to lack of transparency.)