The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs by Goozner, Merrill, 1950- instant download

The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs by Goozner, Merrill, 1950- instant download

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index, pt. 1: Biohype. The longest search ; Rare profits ; The source of the new machine -- pt. 2: Directed research. A public-private partnership ; The divorce ; Breakthrough! ; The failed crusade? -- pt. 3: Big Pharma. Me too! ; The $800 million pill ; The future of innovation, \"Drug companies insist that [prescription drug] prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development ... Merrill Goozner contends that American taxpayers are in fact footing the bill twice: once by supporting government-funded research and again by paying high prices for prescription drugs. Goozner demonstrates that almost all of the important and life-saving new drugs of the past quarter-century actually originated from research at taxpayer-funded universities and the National Institutes of Health ... [Goozner] suggests ways that the government's role in testing new medicines could be expanded to eliminate private-sector waste driving up the cost of existing drugs--p. [2] of jacket