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Re:Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, ... by notthemessiah on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:47PM (#39137571)
Maybe Big Pharma should spend less money on advertising (and stock buybacks) than they spend on research

https://www.csrxp.org/icymi-new-study-finds-big-pharma-spent...

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Re:Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, ... by kamikaz1k on Thursday January 25, 2024 @09:11PM (#39138168)
You got me curious, because I was thinking M&A wasn’t under R&D which is preferred way for Big Pharma to acquire more drugs, but I’ll be damned…GAO report said they’re raking it in. [1]

1. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-18-40.pdf

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Re:Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, ... by pkaye on Thursday January 25, 2024 @09:37PM (#39138331)
I doubt there is advertising for generic drugs.
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