[Swordmaker]

This time is shortened by spending 8 years getting FDA approval before the medication even reaches the market.

You're overlooking the world market, Styria. The EU only takes about two to three years to get a drug to market and other nations less. They profit there long before the eight years in the US.

[Styria]

1. Drug prices are capped in most of the rest of the world. They don’t make as much there unless they can make up the difference in volume. Far less margin per unit.
2. It’s still a time limited window.