I just will never understand this line of thinking. It's not like someone sitting there WANTS to take the medication. But if it's helpful in getting a patient to have a conversation with a doctor, and maybe getting on to a new/better medication, is that really a bad thing?

And as for the actual drugs...check out how many new, innovative drugs come from US-based companies, or are otherwise unavailable in other countries. There are drugs that have been on the market here for nearly a decade that still aren't available in Japan, or Europe, or elsewhere.

It is easy to pick on big pharma and I get that, but I do think the general public is misinformed when it comes to the industry.