Drug companies do very little research. Check the NIHs budget.

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Bowser — 10/2/2004 12:08:14 AM (archived)

It's done by universities, mainly, and then licensed to drug companies. Their whining about what they spend on research is another of those urban legends which has been repeated so long many people have grown up with the idea, and believe it.

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Hibernation for injured soldiers - Daniel L - 10/1/2004 9:01:50 PM
- Drug companies do very little research. Check the NIHs budget. - Bowser - 10/2/2004 12:08:14 AM
  - Wrong. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2004 12:51:47 AM
    - Bowser is correct..... - Publius - 10/2/2004 2:57:16 PM
      - No. He isn't. And neither are you. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2004 10:32:27 PM
        
        Depends who you want to read - Tony - 10/3/2004 2:37:17 PM
        
        Fine. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2004 7:53:16 PM
    - "45 of the 50 top-selling drugs during 1992-1997 stemmed from NIH-funded research" - Bowser - 10/2/2004 1:49:17 AM
      - Research budgets - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2004 2:36:03 AM
- re: It may be a publicly funded University, but to get the drug tested and further developed he is looking for investors. - Scott Evil - 10/1/2004 9:24:42 PM

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