Reply #9: Ive read pills cost 8000% to 30000% more than cost of manufacturing

[Oregone]

Such profits are justified as a reward for the intellectual achievement defined by the patent.

My opinion...socialize the pharma industry and double researchers' salaries (who actually work on the stuff to provide incentive). We don't need private descendants of robber barons scooping off the top to incentitize innovation.

A large part of R&D is for drugs that mimic existing drugs, such that they can be patented as something new. Highway robbery, eh?