[flagrant_taco]

How much do pharmaceutical companies make off of that $1b investment though? The scale of the investment only matters if they don't have the capital to cover.

[nradov]

Pharmaceutical company profit margins are generally in the 15% - 20% range.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-18-40

By comparison, several major tech companies have significantly higher profit margins.

[flagrant_taco]

That's more an argument against major tech companies than for pharmaceutical companies.