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Drug companies profit through lack of innovation, says researcher

Drug companies profit through lack of innovation, says researcher

A new study co-authored by a York University professor finds that American pharmaceutical companies aggressively develop and market new drugs with few clinical advantages over existing ones, contributing to overuse and fuelling up to an 80 per cent  increase in drug expenditures. The study, published by the British Medical Journal, reports that companies profit steadily […]