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0 pointsjbob20009y ago0 comments

Bullshit. Insulin was developed in Canada. Viagra was developed in the UK. Sure, 50% of the worlds pharma is developed in the US (as of 2010, it hovered between 30-40% until then), but most of the stuff people need has already been developed. So no, the majority of drugs that people use have not been developed by the American government.

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drakonandor9y ago

The motivation for this article is the Epi-pen, so let's look at that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine_autoinjector

Made in Good Old USA, based of USA Army prototypes.

"But she also acknowledged that high retail prices of EpiPens in the United States effectively subsidize the cost of the devices when they are sold in Europe, at just $100 or $150. Many of the countries there have government-run health-care systems that limit drug prices charged by manufacturers, unlike the U.S."

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/25/mylan-expands-epipen-cost-cut...

Oh, look at that, looks like the rest of the world -is- taking advantage.

tamana9y ago

Or the rest of the world pays a marketable price,and USA pays windfall profit and executive income.

Nice way to quote the CEO "acknowledging" a propaganda claim, without attributing the source

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