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Originally Posted by Robbie
And fuck no we don't subsidize the rest of the world for pharmaceuticals. That's a line of b.s. put out to justify price-gouging us here in the U.S.
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Yeah you do. The cost of developing new drugs is staggering. For every drug that gets approved and is useful there are hundreds of millions of dollars down the drain for drugs that never make it. If the drug companies couldn't charge Americans what they do they'd have to raise the prices in other countries or make a whole lot less in profits, some would get out of the drug business, which we don't really want, drugs extend/save lives and for most people make their lives better.