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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by DanBC on Monday August 04, 2014 @01:41AM (#8130508)
> Drugs get developed because Americans will pay for them, then when the cost is mostly recouped (ie. a decade later), it finally becomes available in Europe.

Does anyone have any reputable cites for this please?

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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by hellrich on Monday August 04, 2014 @03:52AM (#8130745)
Sounds implausible, given the number of European pharma companies...
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Re:$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So... by briandh on Monday August 04, 2014 @04:11PM (#8133748)
That doesn't follow at all; foreign drug companies sell plenty of drugs to Americans. The test of that assertion is to look at when drugs have been introduced to different markets, compared to R&D costs and the price the manufacturer got for them.
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