What was the NRE on that pill or the hundreds (thousands?) that didn't work at all?

OTOH (or the other other hand), I'll bet that you could make a strong argument for stopping new drug development entirely. Simply sell existing drugs for as little as possible. It wouldn't surprise me if most of that research has insanely high marginal cost with little benefit at this point.

I'll bet you'd have a healthier public, on average, if this happened.