> The only "innovation" of capitalism is intermediation, otherwise called "rent-seeking". One of the big lies Big Pharma tells you is that R&D is expensive but the actual R&D is done primarily by government funding and research at colleges. Big Pharma spends WAAY more on marketing.
Yet when shit hit the fan with a global pandemic, it was US Pharma companies that were both able to develop and produce and distribute at scale effective vaccines in a very short amount of time.
Yet when shit hit the fan with a global pandemic, it was US Pharma companies that were both able to develop and produce and distribute at scale effective vaccines in a very short amount of time.