The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 in India

Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by Dwolb on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @02:03AM (#10811126)

>Bullshit... marketing budgets outstrip research, development and manufacturing all by very large margins... in most big pharma companies it's over 80-90% of the budget.

I was pretty skeptical of this claim being true so I had to do a quick internet search.

I'm surprised to find there was some truth to the first half of the comment but the second claim appears to be wrong. [1]

[1] http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/16472/do-typical...

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Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by tracker1 on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:53AM (#10811349)

I stand corrected, but would be surprised if other expenses weren't really disguised marketing/sales.

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