Gilbert Gutknecht: “Unfortunately, on Taxol I do not have that comparison. I do not think…”

On the recordJune 17, 2003

Unfortunately, on Taxol I do not have that comparison. I do not think it is on my list, but the comparison is essentially the same. It is about three times more, or at least it was when it came off patent in the United States; it was more than three times more in the United States than they paid in Europe, and the American taxpayers paid for most of the R&D costs. By the GAO's own estimate, the taxpayers spent at least $484 million developing the drug, and I yield to my friend.

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Gilbert Gutknecht

Republican · Minnesota

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Discussing the cost of the drug Taxol and its development funding.

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Gilbert Gutknecht: “Unfortunately, on Taxol I do not have that comparison. I do not think it is on my list, but the comparison is…”

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