The overwhelming majority of new drugs are actually developed at (mostly public) research universities, by grad students whose work is financed by government grants; the patents are awarded to Big Pharma, who charge larcenous prices “to cover the cost of development” that the public actual bore.
The overwhelming majority of new drugs are actually developed at (mostly public) research universities, by grad students whose work is financed by government grants; the patents are awarded to Big Pharma, who charge larcenous prices “to cover the cost of development” that the public actual bore.