Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India

Re:Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,... by ofacup on Thursday April 11, 2013 @06:01AM (#5530937)

i've worked at novartis. they spend 3 times as much on marketing than research. that's what's wrong with the whole deal

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Re:Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,... by nikster on Thursday April 11, 2013 @06:47AM (#5531062)

Kind of shocking but that's not even the biggest problem.

The first problem is the money they spend on buying laws, aka bribes, aka "lobbying" as the USA likes to call it. Corruption in its finest form. That's why they get perpetual patents;

The second problem - and I kind of assume that that falls under "marketing" expenses - is that they can basically bribe healthcare providers and doctors to use their products.

Result: Most expensive health care system in the world, by a large margin.

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