12-03-2016, 10:20 AM
Pharmaceutical companies don't research for cures, they research for treatments. Some of the most exciting "cure" research I've been reading about lately have been government funded research in the UK and China. No for-profit company is going to pour 10 billion dollars into finding a cure for anything. If their research cures everybody afflicted after recouping only 8 billion dollars, they have to jack the price of epi-pens (or whatever) up to make up the difference and are shamed in mainstream and social media.