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Re:Cancer Doctor Leading the Attack on Astronomical Drug Prices by bayesianhorse on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @07:20AM (#9651788)
I think that "big pharma" companies act a lot like banks, and small companies act a lot like venture-capital backed startups.

Incidentally, both mechanisms allow spending a couple of hundred millions (or even billions) of Dollars for a potentially even bigger profit.

A third way is government financed research, which may be a competitive option in some cases.

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