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[tnorthcutt]

I wasn’t aware that taxpayers funded drug development.

Can you share examples? I am genuinely asking.

[eesmith → tnorthcutt]

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/where-drugs-come-c...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/us-tax-dolla...

Also, the prohibition on letting Medicare negotiate drug prices could be seen as taxpayer funded drug development, assuming that money were used to fund drug development rather than enrich shareholders.

[jackthetab → tnorthcutt]

Will some news[1] articles[2] that refer to government and think-tank papers suffice or are you looking for spreadsheet-level data?

[1] https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/29/hhs-selects-the-fi...

[2] https://www.levernews.com/americans-paid-11-billion-to-make-...