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 Houshalter on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @02:03AM (#10811128)

I don't recall seeing any advertisements for this specific drug.

Regardless, I don't see how this disproves my point for drugs in general. If investing in advertisement increases their profit, then logically they should do it. It's not like the advertisements are taking away money that would otherwise go to research. They are increasing the total amount of revenue, some of which will go to even more research.

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Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by mikeyouse on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:54AM (#10811354)

If they advertised the specific drug, they'd have to list all of the side effects and the ad becomes much less sexy.. Instead they just advertise the condition and let patients decide;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZOrRItIrYs

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