A billion pounds?

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babysimon: "You could do a lot of good with £1bn"

How would you spend a billion pounds in order to do good? You can't spend it on yourself or your friends.

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[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Because generally only organisations who have cared about making profit have the capital to put into the enormous costs of developing new drugs.

[figg.livejournal.com]

Which is why there are no non-profit organisations who do medical research...

I understand why these things are, but I'm attacking the underlying assumption that we can only operate in a capitalist manner.

Or just being facetious. I'm a little cranky today and I apologise.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

It has been alleged in my presence by credible people (UCSD faculty involved in NIH-funded research) that almost all the drug research done in the USA is funded by Uncle Sam's research grants, not the drug companies.