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The most expensive drug in the US is Zolgensma — and its early development was funded by taxpayers and charities, NOT industry. All of the riskiest work! 

Why should taxpayers continue to fund research? As a taxpayer, you fund the biggest risk, and your reward for that will be more of your tax dollars used to pay pharma the exorbitant prices they command for the drug you partially funded. 

https://www.propublica.org/article/zolgensma-sma-novartis-drug-prices-gene-therapy-avexis

Its wild how much they get away with this.354 out of 356 prescription drugs approved by fda between 2010 and 2019 were in part funded with government funding

Its wild how much they get away with this.354 out of 356 prescription drugs approved by fda between 2010 and 2019 were in part funded with government funding

https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical