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Re:Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than indust... by interstice on Friday April 26, 2024 @06:12PM (#40174875)
That rules out just about any non regulated altruism. Eg open source
Re:Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than indust... by s1artibartfast on Friday April 26, 2024 @06:18PM (#40174933)
Charitable donations and altruism are outside the scope of financial analysis.

You can donate time or money even if you are running a loss in real, nominal, or opportunity costs.

Re:Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than indust... by lend000 on Friday April 26, 2024 @09:40PM (#40176323)
Individuals can and do make non-financially motivated decisions. But in larger groups, especially a large corporation like J&J, you can apply the law of large numbers and determine that decisions are a result of incentives (primarily money).