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Old 01-31-2017, 07:42 PM  
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam View Post
A patent drug costs $1 a pill to make when you amortize the R&D cost.
The government of Euro country demands you sell it for $0.50 a pill because they want a low price. If that is really so they should tell them to go die.

Maybe, big pharma is just full of shit -- they argue that the pill costs $1 when maybe it really costs $0.16 and they are selling it for $3 in the USA and for $.50 in Euroland?

We do need to investigate this thoroughly.
I think it's like Nike shoes. Cheap to make but all the over head from paying celebrities huge contracts, ceo salary and marketing.
In big Pharms case its marketing, lobbying, ceo salaries, and paying off politicians

Some drugs were developed with tax payer money and yet they hike up the prices
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