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Originally Posted by Gary L
Which you have to question why these drugs costs so much.
is it because the ingredients have been specially collected from a far away galaxy where no man has ventured before?
in other words. could these 'expensive' drugs be sold for £5 a pop in the real world. if you take greed and profit out of it?
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Are you for real?
I'm no fan of a lot of what big pharma does but if they spend millions developing a drug, take it through all the trial stages and finally get it to market,
and the market is for one in 20 million people, then that drug is going to cost a lot to buy.
Also don't forget that a lot of the drugs they try to develop don't make it to market. Those R&D millions are down the drain. That loss has to be covered by the drugs that
do make it to market.
I agree with the 'greed' part of your final statement but 'profit'?......these companies couldn't exist without making a profit.
Numpty
