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To: skinowski who wrote (100425)	8/5/2009 7:28:54 PM
From: Metacomet	2 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

I think it is not fair that USA consumers are paying the lion's share of the costs of pharma research. Yup.. I bet it's almost as much as we pay to advertise hard-on drugs.

To: skinowski who wrote (100425)	8/5/2009 7:41:25 PM
From: The Vet	4 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

the costs of pharma research. In the US every big pharma company spends more on advertising and lobbying than they do on research... The same companies spend but a fraction of their US advertising budget in most other countries, where the public are prescribed their medicines and don't demand them from their doctors whether they are suitable of not... TV advertisements don't necessarily make good medicine or good health but they sure create drug company profits....

To: skinowski who wrote (100425)	8/5/2009 8:13:48 PM
From: pogohere	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

I think it is not fair that USA [taxpayers] are paying the lion's share of the costs of pharma research, [which is so often based on research conducted with grants from the NIH and other federally funded agencies].