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On the recordMay 21, 2013
With respect to the vital research and development on new drugs that the pharmaceutical industry does, isn't the American consumer really subsidizing that for the rest of the world?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Questions if American consumers subsidize global drug research costs.

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