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To: cuban leaf

So basically, the US consumer is, thanks to lobbying efforts by the pharmaceutical industry, subsidizing cheap drugs for the rest of the world.


15 posted on 09/23/2015 9:27:19 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Bingo [and, to some extent, Western Europe]! Not completely unfair, but not completely fair either.

Can one wait for health care innovations to come out of Muslim or African countries?


35 posted on 09/23/2015 10:36:47 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Yes, but isn't this also due to monopsony powers, where there is only ONE BUYER, in this case a foreign government, who can force the price down for their purchase?
38 posted on 09/23/2015 10:59:33 AM PDT by Carlucci
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