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by tnorthcutt 606 days ago
I wasn’t aware that taxpayers funded drug development.

Can you share examples? I am genuinely asking.

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https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/where-drugs-come-c...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/us-tax-dolla...

Also, the prohibition on letting Medicare negotiate drug prices could be seen as taxpayer funded drug development, assuming that money were used to fund drug development rather than enrich shareholders.

Will some news[1] articles[2] that refer to government and think-tank papers suffice or are you looking for spreadsheet-level data?

[1] https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/29/hhs-selects-the-fi...

[2] https://www.levernews.com/americans-paid-11-billion-to-make-...