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Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by losvedir on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:17PM (#20576820)
Er, no? Drug companies spend on average about $1-2 billion in R&D per new drug[0].

[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016762961...

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Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by dv_dt on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:34PM (#20576954)
And they spend even more or marketing which is allowed only in the US and few other nations.
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Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by chimeracoder on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:47PM (#20577667)
> And they spend even more or marketing which is allowed only in the US and few other nations.

No, most marketing is not direct-to-consumer marketing. Marketing absolutely is allowed in Europe, as evidenced by the massive amounts of money that drug companies spend on marketing within Europe.

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Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by mempko on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:41PM (#20578864)
How is this a good thing ? Corporate research is more susceptible to bias and their focus is on what's profitable. What incentive do they have on making drugs that cure vs those thay address symptoms?
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