> Anyway medical research is focused on giving us on better quality of life as we age
Polite correction: medical research is focussed on returns for those funding said research.
Treating Americans is definitely a cash-cow for Big Pharma, indeed if a potential new drug can't/won't make it past the FDA then it will likely be killed off regardless of what the rest of the world might want/need/approve.
Check out US healthcare spend per capita compared with everywhere else on the planet.
Polite correction: medical research is focussed on returns for those funding said research.
Treating Americans is definitely a cash-cow for Big Pharma, indeed if a potential new drug can't/won't make it past the FDA then it will likely be killed off regardless of what the rest of the world might want/need/approve.
Check out US healthcare spend per capita compared with everywhere else on the planet.
(Source: friend in Big Pharma)