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Originally Posted by Turbo_pro
That seems to be a pretty common misconception. Big Pharma is a business and as suck can expense research on their tax returns.
We pay for their research in the form of tax breaks. Every dollar they spend on research is deducted from taxes owed.
They also write off the bribes (I mean lobbying money) they spend on K street influencing politicians for favorable regulation.
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Hmmm, they still need to pay a lot of research people, I don't think tax breaks will cover that. I bet the top three people on each drug project are earning at least $250k each, likely at least 15 people work under them, could take 15 years before a product hits market if it ever does. Lab equipment is not free and keeping it running is not cheap.
Without the research we would not have Sildenafil to treat cardiovascular problems.