unless you're in the medical field, you just don't understand the fierce competition between companies to develop new products/medications/etc.
they've got people in labs right this minute working on 1000 different projects. sure, they're goal is to make money, but they won't make shit if the physician doesn't use the product. and believe it or not, most doctors go into the field to help people--so they're not likely to use something unless it works--and drug companies don't pay physicians shit--you can't even get a fucking pen anymore. in the past, people went into medicine to make money, but with some pediatricians making less than $100k, no one goes into this field for money anymore. rick will tell you otherwise, but he also claims vaccinations are a 'money scam' by physicians/pharm companies--that's right, we've eradicated the #1 cause of childhood meningitis (among others), and its a money scheme?