I mentioned Glaxo that made the $9 billion, and I think they made money on other drugs that we will be discussing later, but the company in question was SmithKline Beecham that made $9 billion and returned only $35 million back in royalties to this government for the patents they had.
Discussing pharmaceutical companies' profits and royalty returns during a congressional debate.
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