Same with software. I saw IntelliJ costs $250/year but it costs almost nothing to send that file (it's like maybe 1 GB max, cents). You can get it from generics manufacturer on TPB but updates are not as frequent.
1. Pharmaceuticals actually don't do all their own research. Universities find the drugs and what they can treat, pharmaceuticals research the product viability. They make medicinal products, they're not research labs
2. The research is often majority funded by the government, i.e. your taxpayer dollars. So the costs are often socialized, but of course the revenue is not.
IntelliJ actually develops they're stuff, they don't just take existing code, test it a bit, and then make a product. And IntelliJ is a truly private company, pharmaceuticals are not because they get huge sums of money from the gov.
1. Pharmaceuticals actually don't do all their own research. Universities find the drugs and what they can treat, pharmaceuticals research the product viability. They make medicinal products, they're not research labs
2. The research is often majority funded by the government, i.e. your taxpayer dollars. So the costs are often socialized, but of course the revenue is not.
IntelliJ actually develops they're stuff, they don't just take existing code, test it a bit, and then make a product. And IntelliJ is a truly private company, pharmaceuticals are not because they get huge sums of money from the gov.