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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Years ago, I debated with 2 American coworkers about the fact that they pay twice as much as Canadians for drugs.

Both were smart engineers, leaning towards the progressive side of American politics, and both told me it was because they were bearing the brunt of R&D for the rest of the world.

Really, the Americans were just being gyped to pay execs and shareholders. Full stop.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/big-pharma-spends-billions-more-on-executives-and-stockholders-than-on-rd/