The Fang Family is a pharmaceutical enterprise, which gives them an even deeper understanding of this industry. In reality, the production cost of many drugs is not high at all—sometimes only a few yuan—yet they sell for hundreds of yuan a box. This is simply because the upfront research costs are astronomical; without charging such prices, it would be impossible to break even!
This logic is well understood by many countries, yet none have ever banned high drug prices. Why? Because this is a virtuous cycle: ultra-high investments in scientific research are what make it possible to discover effective medicines. If pharmaceutical manufacturing ceased to be profitable, who would invest massive amounts of capital into developing new drugs?
Chu Tianhe understood this logic entirely. A deep frown creased his brow as he spoke, "Once the Dark Snake Organization was forced underground, their funding for research would have been cut off. They must have resorted to other means to make money in order to sustain their scientific operations!"
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