[mattkrause]

The NIH budget is much, much larger: $39.2B

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/budget

[ChrisLomont]

Oops. You’re correct. The point still stands, though: the amount needed to bring drugs to market is vastly more, and if taxpayers were going to pay this much more in taxes, it’s not clear this is the best use of those new taxes.