The $800 Million Pill

Author: Merrill Goozner
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0520239458
Category: Medical

The $800 Million Pill: The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs

Why do life-saving prescription drugs cost so much? Drug companies insist that prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development. Download The $800 Million Pill medical books for free.
In this gripping exposA, Merrill Goozner contends that American taxpayers are in fact footing the bill twice: once by supporting government-funded research and again by paying astronomically high prices for prescription drugs. Goozner demonstrates that almost all the important new drugs of the past quarter-century actually originated from research at taxpayer-funded universities and at the National Institutes of Health. He reports that once the innovative work is over, the pharmaceutical industry often steps in to reap the profit.
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