Just examine the distribution of revenues of GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest manufacturer
Just examine the distribution of revenues of GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest manufacturer of AIDS medicines: 37.9% on marketing and administrative costs, 27.8% on profits, 20.4% on manufacturing, raw materials, and related production expenses, and 13.9% on research.
Source: Felice, William F., The Global New Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics, 7 See also Melody Petersen, "Lifting the Curtain on the Real Costs of Making AIDS Drugs," The New York Times, 24 April, 2001, 1C