US taxpayers — through NIH — funded the basic research behind ALL the new prescription drugs approved by the FDA in years 2000-2016. But Americans spend $500 billion a year on Rx drugs every year! User FutureisAsian, in the Economy subreddit, 11 Dec 2021
Basic research funding from the NIH contributed to published research associated with every one of the 210 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration from 2010–2016. User SirT6, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 12 Feb 2018