The drug companies are not perfect, but they have done more to advance the well-being of human beings than any other industry in the past decade or so. I am one of milions alive because of them;
More than anyone else? I'm not so sure about that. How much of the research did the drug industry actually do themselves for new drugs, and how much was done in academia?
As for being alive, I think a harsh critic might simply add that you are not alive because of the drug industry, but because (today) you can afford the drugs they sell - that might be a bit misdirected, but perhaps its at the core of the demonization.
One also has to give some credit to those who fought against the 'imperfections' in the drug industry, as well. It's not like the industry - any industry - has its own spurs (God knows, "the maketplace" is not always the positive force that it is made out to be...).
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