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Seeing as more is spent on marketing than on drug development, and pharmaceutical marketing is heavily restricted in many other countries, I suspect the only subsidization which is happening is from US consumers to US marketing companies.



Are you arguing that only Americans would know about the drugs created by American companies..?

I'm sure a European specialist could do a quick Google search to find the latest options in care, including any newly approved drugs globally.

The cost of developing a new drug is insane. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/10/18/dru...

When everyone demands a discount, the guy paying full price ends up picking up the rest of the tab.




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