Are Giant Medicate Companies more Important than Our Health-care?

Question

United States has a strong policy against drug importation - which should make sense as it provides a certain filter against everything that's out there. But many countries (Israel, Russia, China) that don't have such restrictions also don't seem to experience any problems with imported drugs. Their low drug prices decrease interest for attempts to sell low quality products into the market.

So, is U.S. overly concerned with its Highly Overpriced drug-making business or What? What is your opinion?

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Answer 1

One of the reasons US drug prices are so high is because of US
lawyers filing lawsuits ...The cost of defending & paying the lawsuits must be borne by the sales price of the drug...
We need to eliminate the contingency fee system of torts in the USA if we want cheaper drugs and many other manufactured items

Answer 2

Depends on who you ask

if you check you will see that countries w/o restrictions only import from those with restrictions

also many companies run clinical trials after a product is on the market when problems are found with their meds.

example-the new ovarian cancer prevention pill-they are giving it to young girls in NJ i believe for free who receive public assistance-in essence they are being allowed to conduct a trial where the recipients are forced to participate. Just like what they did with foster children in NY, CT, VT and eight other states. It amounts to allowing drug manufacturers to run free clinical trials without paying participants and the goverment reaps the benefits