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Aaron has done a lot of blogging on big pharma. He emailed me what he thinks is a comprehensive list of his posts to date:
- The majority of research cited in pharma patent applications was done in academic centers, 15% by the industry [chart]
- Don’t we need to pay for innovation?
- How the industry uses patent infringement suits
- Pharma and the free market
- How the industry pays their competitors to keep cheaper generic competition off the shelves
- How much the industry spends on promotion vs. R&D
- The inner workings of the pharmaceutical industry
- How drugs contribute to making the US health system so expensive
- Despite the spending, many people can’t afford to take recommended medications
- The bizarre support for drug importation
- Spreading the blame around for pharmaceutical policy
- Newer drugs aren’t always better
