[xjcsa]

The major drug companies should stop bribing the generic drug companies not to produce equally effective, but much lower cost, generic versions of life-saving drugs so they can continue to rake astronomical profits on them.

Why do you think the drug companies come up with these lifesaving drugs? Where do you think the money for the research and development comes from? How many failed attempts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars each - does it take to produce one successful, profitable drug? And how many new lifesaving drugs do you think will be brought to market when there's no longer any real money in it?

[neutronsgalore]

“And how many new lifesaving drugs do you think will be brought to market when there’s no longer any real money in it?”

If there’s no money in the generic drugs, then how do they manage to get to market? It’s because even the much cheaper generics bring considerable profit. The more profit the CEO’s of the major companies that do the bribing bring in, the higher their bonuses and the more money their stockholders make. That’s what drives them.