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Does that take into account R&D?

• gthank 17y ago
  Doubtful, since the number would change with every single dose produced if it did.
• dschobel 17y ago
  It's really frustrating that we can't get honest numbers on how much it takes to bring a drug to market. In the anti-pharma camp you see people quote the manufacturing price, and then you get the pharma companies quoting their entire operating budgets.
  • protomyth 17y ago
    I used to work in clinical trials, and while I cannot comment on exact figures, the drug companies pay a lot of money over a very long period to release a drug. The big problem is that they only have 3 to 5 years to make all the money back and get enough of a profit to develop more drugs. Not every clinical trial actually works out, and the courts will be a constant problem for every drug. Do some research on the financial documents of the companies that do the clinical trials.