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by vvvv 3563 days ago
Is the R&D largely based in the US?

Also, it's important to distinguish between true R&D aimed at developing actual cures and iterative R&D aimed at developing medicine that will get you hooked on long-term courses that maximise profits.
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willvarfar 3563 days ago
And R&D aimed at developing replacements for perfectly-fine drugs that are soon to go out of patent, or R&D that is put on a back burner until some other drug is about to go out of patent etc.
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hueving 3563 days ago
>Is the R&D largely based in the US?

As far as I understand it, yes. http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2014/09/02/which-countries-ex...

As far as your claim about most drugs being a scam, I can't speak to that as I'm not familiar enough with the industry.

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