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Peter Welch: “If that is so, Mr. Chairman, why is it, why is it that Pharma spends more on advertising than research?”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
If that is so, Mr. Chairman, why is it, why is it that Pharma spends more on advertising than research?
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch questions Pharma's claim that high prices are necessary for innovation.

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