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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlondieW" data-source="post: 3056294" data-attributes="member: 113800">No, university research funding comes mainly from tax dollars.  Pharma companies justify their pricing by claiming that high prices are necessary to pay for research, but in reality research is mostly paid for by the government.  Only the last stages-clinical trials- are cost-effective for the marketing companies to pay for themselves.  Nearly all the basic science and even animal studies are done at taxpayer expense.  My opinion is that the government should nationalize the pharma companies, along with the rest of the medical industry. As for whether I view the med establishment with rose colored specs, I will say that it is more reliable than the usual source of knowledge for herbal remedies.  That would be a horoscope-reading clerk at a health food store repeating what a charlatan nutritional supplement salesman told him.</blockquote>