Good lord. OK, so if you wanted to use primates in place of mice for research, the costs would probably be 100-1000x greater for just the animals. Of course, primate supply is limited, so you wouldn't be able to waste as many as you can with mice. That was the point.nlsme1 wrote:
You know how much some medications go for. The costs are crushing. But they are passed on down the line.
And read about the true distribution of expenditure in pharmaceutical companies. R&D is not at the top...not by a long shot.