[gymbeaux]

Drug research is expensive and drug companies aren’t charities

[bugglebeetle]

Except that they generally rely on the charity of public institutions and funding to do their research for them, so…

[albert180]

Except that most of the research part gets done by public universities. They just do the approval studies

[asadotzler]

Private doesn't beat public "massively" but probably comes out around 2:1. I'd say that's "solidly" but certainly not all the way to "massively". Further, that's a lot of public money, and there are plenty of private drugs that came out of that money.

[gottorf]

> They just do the approval studies

Idea, meet execution.

[asadotzler]

15-30% of pharma costs is marketing.

[xeckr]

Doctors and the sick have to find out about your drug somehow.

[asadotzler]

Doctors can follow industry news and inform patients.

[xeckr]

Now imagine your business had to fully rely on this strategy to reach its market.

[asadotzler]

I'm fine with businesses dealing in human rights having a few more hoops to jump through.