Yes, Pfizer's paying its CEO $27.9 million. It also spent $7.66 billion on R&D. It would be much easier if the main cause of high drug prices was executive salaries. But it's not.https://twitter.com/IronStache/status/1033058938248413184 …
I don’t know the specific breakdown. The figure I used is the headline number from legally required disclosures. But, for argument’s sake, let’s say $1-$2 billion of R&D spending doesn’t actually go to research or development. Even then, the total still dwarfs executive salaries.