oy,

As reported on [1] Bloomberg:

Pfizer has spent $1 billion on research into torcetrapib, including a study of the drug’s ability to prevent death and heart complications, according to the company.

And you thought government studies were, umm, ‘a waste of tax payer money’.

Exercise is free. And diet - you gotta eat anyway, why not eat well.

One BILLION dollars for a drug that results in more deaths than doing nothing.