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> So, you mean that if US drug companies made more money abroad, they would decide to make less money than they possibly can in the US? No, I didn't mean anyth
by w1ntermute 13y ago
> So, you mean that if US drug companies made more money abroad, they would decide to make less money than they possibly can in the US?
No, I didn't mean anything like that. I have no idea how you got that out of what I said.
> By the way, aren't there many people here that say it's the legal duty of the directors of a company to do everything they can to maximize shareholders' value?
Yes, and it is.
> Wouldn't THAT (make less money than legally possible in the US) be a violation of that supposed duty?
Yes, but it's not happening, so I don't see your point.
- danmaz74 13y ago>> So, you mean that if US drug companies made more money abroad, they would decide to make less money than they possibly can in the US? >No, I didn't mean anything like that. I have no idea how you got that out of what I said. You wrote: "This means that pharmaceutical companies have to recoup their fixed costs (R&D) and generate their real profits from the US market" (emphasis mine). What did you mean with that phrase, if not that if they could make their real profits outside the US pharmaceutical companies wouldn't have to recoup their costs in the US?