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Re:High US health care spending explained by its high materi... by white-flame on Sunday March 12, 2017 @10:22PM (#13854765)
How much medical R&D spending is based on government grants, government-funded university research, and tax incentives, versus reinvesting those profits?
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Re:High US health care spending explained by its high materi... by malandrew on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:34AM (#13855465)
How many of those contributors to medical R&D have actually brought new drugs and new treatments all the way to market?

The D in R&D dwarfs the R.

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Re:High US health care spending explained by its high materi... by anonymousDan on Monday March 13, 2017 @04:05PM (#13861832)
Oh give over, without the R there is no D.
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