tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post3484765879445058214..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Regulating pharmaceutical monopoliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-24550166642994538252008-05-31T12:15:00.000+10:002008-05-31T12:15:00.000+10:00Finding the line between ensuring drugs get to peo...Finding the line between ensuring drugs get to people who need them at a price they can afford and leaving drug manufacturers with the tens of billions of dollars they need to invest to bring new drugs to market is a tricky thing.<BR/><BR/>In Europe, drug companies are taxed heavily. In the USA they can make a buck. It is no fluke, therefore, that two-thirds of the world's drugs are developed in the US.Jack Lactonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297939283546740918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-32803101281855897372008-05-27T22:33:00.000+10:002008-05-27T22:33:00.000+10:00kk, harry is the bestkk, harry is the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-73611344770062513672008-05-27T10:03:00.000+10:002008-05-27T10:03:00.000+10:00The study says that if you get a drug earlier, it ...The study says that if you get a drug earlier, it adds one year to life. And under the PBS the cost of the life is $10,000, much less than the value of the life.<BR/><BR/>So far, so good. But I am sure the drug companies would argue that if they got paid more than the low ball prices the PBS screws out of them, they'd bring more drugs onto the market more quickly, and there;s be even bigger additions to life expectancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com