Brazil gets 40% cut on AIDS drugs

[James Baird]

> 
> It seems pretty clear to me that on net we should be
> subsidizing 
> pharmaceuticals. There are some amazing drugs out
> there. The NIH is 
> very, very good at doing basic research. But there
> is no reason to 
> think that a publicly-funded bureaucracy is
> particularly good at the 
> process of drug development.
> 

Why not?  What is the fundamental difference?  

Jim Baird

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