ONION: Drug Company Satire

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We here at PNHP found this Onion article to be just too good, as The Onion often is. Not only can drug manufacturers influence doctors' prescription orders, but the promotions (free pens, dinners, and countless other freebies) help to drive the cost of prescription drugs in the US higher and higher each year. Most major drug companies, in fact, spend more on marketing than they do on research and development, and 80% of the breakthroughs in prescription drugs have come from research universities--not drug companies.