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by Brakenshire 2937 days ago
Seeing as more is spent on marketing than on drug development, and pharmaceutical marketing is heavily restricted in many other countries, I suspect the only subsidization which is happening is from US consumers to US marketing companies.
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Are you arguing that only Americans would know about the drugs created by American companies..?

I'm sure a European specialist could do a quick Google search to find the latest options in care, including any newly approved drugs globally.

The cost of developing a new drug is insane. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/10/18/dru...

When everyone demands a discount, the guy paying full price ends up picking up the rest of the tab.