Reply #132: You give the drug companies more credit than they deserve

[PA Democrat]

Most new drugs are developed based upon research funded by TAXPAYERS.

April 5, 1998, Alice Dembner and the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, published a report titled "Public handouts enrich drug makers, scientists," which said:

"The Globe looked at 50 top-selling drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration over the past five years: 35 new drugs, which are bestsellers among those the FDA deemed most important or most unique, and 15 "orphan" drugs targeting rare diseases. Thirty-three of the 35 new drugs and 12 of the 15 orphans received money from the National Institutes of Health or the FDA to help in discovery, development, or testing."

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