[Gllug] seti

[Sean Burlington]

Nix wrote:

> Do you have any idea how expensive the drug creation / clinical trial
> process is, and what percentage of candidate drugs make it?
> 
> This is one place where the patent system, while unpleasant, is arguably
> *necessary*. Drug creation is *so* expensive that even *with* patent rights
> big pharma companies can be driven to the edge of bankruptcy fairly easily.
> 

drug companies spend the majoriy of thier budgets on marketing

nuff said

-- 

Sean


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