Posted by ItsHowdyDudyTime on November 28, 2002, at 23:19:09
In reply to Abilify (aripiprazole) cost is PROHIBITIVE!, posted by andys on November 28, 2002, at 14:53:30
Hmmmmmm I wonder why Abilify costs so darn much? Its not because the drug companies "invented" Abilify...they didnt invent it. See, all the core medical and pharmaceutical research in the USA usually starts out at a taxpayer funded place called NIH. National Institute of Health does the majority of basic research on new potential drugs and treatments. The pharmaceutical companies then come in, take the good stuff and capitalize on it. They then run clinical trials, perfect it, etc. and then market and sell it. But it shouldnt cost $13 a pill, because the company that makes Abilify didnt actually invent it. Taxpayer funded government research labs invented it.
Gee, that makes a lot of sense. You pay all these taxes to our government for basic, core level science research. Then elitist greedy pharmaceutical companies come along and say "hey, that compound looks like it has promise lets pick it up and develop it further." So they do and end up charging YOU, the American taxpayer an arm and a leg for a drug that YOU helped pay for the basic core level research on. How unAmerican.
Damn, maybe we need to get rid of our present government and replace it with one that has balls and a backbone for a change.
Howdy Dudy.
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