(07-22-2018, 07:37 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-22-2018, 07:32 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The FDA approved the second most new drugs ever in 2017. Clearly Mean Old Big Pharma isn't doing their job. 

That sounds true, but what does it have to do with my point.  Sure, they are spending a lot on R&D! They are spending more on buybacks.  They're just temporarily boosting their stock price.

So your point is that a Corporation isn't supposed to make money? Or that they are doing a good job of both bringing new products to the market AND earning profits for their shareholders? What exactly is your point, that we in America are still shouldering the majority of the costs for all the incredible drugs that are saving and improving lives all around the globe, and, just like with NATO, everyone else is shirking their "fair share"? Because if that last one is your point it's really the only one that makes any kind of sense.

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