"In the past 30 years have you heard of any medical innovation or drugs coming from anywhere other than the US?"
I know I'm falling for a troll, but even if that number was right, what would be the number removing drugs for mostly purely American issues (drugs for dubious illness like ADHD), drugs for American lifestyle issues like obesity and its consequences (diabete, impotence...)
If your are looking at cure for e.g. pandemics the picture is very different, with Europe very present and emergent economies tackling problems deemed non-economically viable by American companies (e.g. various mosquitoes born disease).
I know I'm falling for a troll, but even if that number was right, what would be the number removing drugs for mostly purely American issues (drugs for dubious illness like ADHD), drugs for American lifestyle issues like obesity and its consequences (diabete, impotence...)
If your are looking at cure for e.g. pandemics the picture is very different, with Europe very present and emergent economies tackling problems deemed non-economically viable by American companies (e.g. various mosquitoes born disease).