How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?

How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?

How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians? 

 Whenever it's called out for charging too much for drugs or outright
price gouging, the pharmaceutical industry's standard defense is to
assure the public that its profits will be used to develop even better
drugs in the future. Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli clung to
that defense in late September when asked to explain his sudden decision
to hike the price of a longstanding anti-parasitic drug by more than
$700, prompting a collective eye roll among medical experts and an
outraged public.