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Originally Posted by kane
Most of the argument that they are recouping costs is bunk. Most new drugs are just improved versions of older drugs. Add in the fact that much of the actual research on different drugs is done by government funded research centers.
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My wife's a former med rep. It's insane how much the marketing budgets of pharma companies are. Free trips for doctors, all sorts of swag. Would be nice if it didn't come from the "spread" between US prices and non-US prices.
