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To: DMCA
Thats the right idea...Seriously. Ask the right questions. This thread is supposed to start a REAL debate.

We offer some grants and all that, but largely the industry is NOT grant funded. Thats my opinion.

16 posted on 01/22/2004 7:45:30 PM PST by maui_hawaii
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To: maui_hawaii
Check to see how much the major research hospitals receive for the Government for research and how much the NIH spends on research. I am not saying that the majority of the research is publicy funded, however I am saying that sometimes drug companies get research for cents on the dollar or cheaper.

About advertising. I found this chart BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT IS. I am posting it for purposes of debate. I in no way vouch for its accuracy.


http://www.actupny.org/reports/drugcosts.html#chart_one

I also ran a google search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=drug+companies+spending+advertising+research&spell=1
And most of the results that I looked at seam to show that drug companies spend 50-100% more on advertising than R&D.
22 posted on 01/22/2004 7:52:21 PM PST by DMCA (TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107)
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