[RobertoG]

So, are you saying that the European countries should stop being so selfish and stop negotiating collectively to get better prizes?

Would not be the logic solution that the USA started negotiating as a block too?

[kenhwang]

The US negotiating as a block would be the logical solution. And the US sorta does, between the megasized insurance companies and Medicare, it's not a single block, but it's far from nothing. But the US isn't going to bankrupt a US company over it. So then it becomes a nation-nation negotiation via trade pacts (which are happening, much to Europe's annoyance).

Pharma is just a zero sum game; for the US to win, someone has to lose.