[refurb]

Drug makers spend more in marketing than R&D

Absolutely untrue. It's amazing how this "fact" continues to be shared even when shown to be false.

[dv_dt]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_marketing

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheet...

[aioprisan]

A simple search would have saved you some embarrassment: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-p...

[refurb]

I knew you'd reference that study, it is really poorly done. Lumping all SG&A into "marketing" is wrong.

SG&A is a catch all. It included things like staplers, secretaries, etc. it's not purely marketing.