Originally Posted by Neuroproblem

Pharma is there to make profit, and they will charge the alot to the insurance or hospital who uses thier products, which why certain generics exist to keep costs low. Thier excuse for an overcharge is to recover"investment from research and development" Of course they have that right, but thier profits already exceed thier research anyways, the worst thing is that since they have patents, nobody can make cheaper alternatives, this allows them to have monopolies on the drugs. the most profitable drugs, i learned from my biochem teacher was lipitor, a CHOLESTEROL drugs, it earned them hundreds of billions of dollars. chronic conditions are pharmaceuticals main market, because they know that people who have chronic illness need these medications.
for antibiotics, there is a big problem, because using antbiotics to treat a viral disease is wasteful and its ineffective. AS abx breeds antibiotic resistance,