How important a contribution do pharmaceutical companies make by researching and developing new drugs and treatments?

60       Very important

31       Somewhat important

3        Not too important

3        Not at all important

3        Don’t know

Which statement comes closer to your own view:

70	Pharmaceutical companies are most concerned about making profits, and they put profits ahead of people
24	Pharmaceutical companies are most concerned about developing new drugs and treatments that save lives and improve the quality of life for Americans, and profits come second, OR
7	Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, February 3-6, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,201.