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Pharma innovation high now – monetary incentive is the biggest factor.
Swagel 21 Phillip L. Swagel, Director of the Congressional budget office 4-xx-2021, "Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry," Congressional Budget Office, https://www.cbo.goc/publication/57126~~#_idTextAnchor020 SJDA
Every year, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry develops a variety of new
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drugs), and conducting postapproval testing for safety-monitoring or marketing purposes.
Glassman 21 ~Amanda; 5/6/21; Executive vice president and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington and London; "Big Pharma Is Not the Tobacco Industry," Barron, https://www.barrons.com/articles/big-pharma-is-not-the-tobacco-industry-51620315693~~ Justin
But here is the crux of the problem: The pharmaceutical industry is not the
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by ponying up cash to vaccinate the entire world. No confiscation necessary.
Pharma Innovation prevents Extinction – checks new diseases.
Engelhardt 8, H. Tristram. Innovation and the pharmaceutical industry: critical reflections on the virtues of profit. M and M Scrivener Press, 2008 (doctorate in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin), M.D. (Tulane University), professor of philosophy (Rice University), and professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine)
Many are suspicious of, or indeed jealous of, the good fortune of others
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profit in medicine and especially in the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries.