A Scientific American blog, via Andrew Sullivan:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2014\/01\/08\/not-because-we-are-evil-because-we-are-stupid\/<\/a><\/p>\n \nOften you will hear people talking about why drugs are expensive: it\u2019s the greedy pharmaceutical companies, the patent system, the government, capitalism itself. All these factors contribute to increasing the price of a drug, but one very important factor often gets entirely overlooked: Drugs are expensive because the science of drug discovery is hard. And it\u2019s just getting harder. In fact purely on a scientific level, taking a drug all the way from initial discovery to market is considered harder than putting a man on the moon, and there\u2019s more than a shred of truth to this contention.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There are, of course, folks who believe that ‘evil pharma’ is out to make a buck at your expense. My thought is, isn’t everything you purchase, from health care to automobiles, brought about by a capitalist motive? People and corporations who are providing what the market demands? What is the alternative? Surely not….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Scientific American blog, via Andrew Sullivan: http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2014\/01\/08\/not-because-we-are-evil-because-we-are-stupid\/ Often you will hear people talking about why drugs are expensive: it\u2019s the greedy pharmaceutical companies, the patent system, the government, capitalism itself. All these factors contribute to increasing the price of … Continue reading