Re:Cancer Doctor Leading the Attack on Astronomical Drug Prices
by bayesianhorse on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @07:24AM
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Marketing has next to nothing to do with R&D because most R&D is accomplished before market entry of a drug.
It looks as if revenues of one drug fuel investment into new drugs, and that may be true but it is misleading. There are a lot more sources of capital than just one particular companies own revenues.
Margins and marketing budget allow us to assume significant market power in favor of the pharma companies.
It looks as if revenues of one drug fuel investment into new drugs, and that may be true but it is misleading. There are a lot more sources of capital than just one particular companies own revenues.
Margins and marketing budget allow us to assume significant market power in favor of the pharma companies.