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andreyandreev [35.5K]
2 years ago
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Why might abbvie develop drugs for rare diseases instead of investing all of its resources toward drugs for common diseases?

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galina1969 [7]2 years ago
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Why would abbvie develop drugs for rare diseases instead of investing all its resources in drugs for common diseases, and they don't do it this way because the biggest profits for these companies are linked to common drugs, which reach a greater number of people and greater possibility of sale.

<h3>Profit or cure?</h3>

Nobel Prize in Medicine Richard J. Roberts denounces the way big pharmaceutical companies operate within the capitalist system, preferring economic benefits to health, and stopping scientific progress in curing diseases, because cure is not as profitable as chronicity.

With this information, we can conclude that he biggest profits for these companies are linked to common drugs, which reach a greater number of people and greater possibility of sale.

Learn more about pharmaceutical companies in brainly.com/question/16582232

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