[cdooh]

I meant western companies how much do they send? I once read an article that suggested that even after they've made back the money spent on R&D they still keep their prices high to keep making a profit

[jeffool]

As an example, GlaxoSmithKline spends 8.826M GBP/13.8683M USD on marketing/sales and cost of business, and 4.009 GBP/6.2993M USD on research.

Most of them make this publicly available on their financial reports on their websites.

http://www.gsk.com/investors/reps11/GSK-Annual-Report-2011.p... Page 136

[ams6110]

Well most people are not in business to just break even on their costs.