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RC

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5. This country needs a law like that.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2014, 05:04 PM

Jan 2014

if a product is not available locally at a reasonable cost, other companies may apply for licenses to reproduce those products at a more affordable price.

You can bet the high cost of cancer drugs and other special use drugs would come down in a hurry.

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Pharmaceutical CEO: Cancer Drug Is Only For Westerners Who Can Afford It [View all] deminks Jan 2014 OP

I say let the ones who can afford it have it... Faux pas Jan 2014 #1

I will eat more Kale they can have their designer drugs Heather MC Jan 2014 #6

Sounds like a good plan! Faux pas Jan 2014 #18

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #2

This sociopath is worth... L0oniX Jan 2014 #3

25 or so years ago, my wife died from leukemia--if i were to discover that some asshat dembotoz Jan 2014 #4

This country needs a law like that. RC Jan 2014 #5

Be sure to click on the link. PADemD Jan 2014 #7

It costs billions to get a drug to market. That money has to come from somewhere. n-t Logical Jan 2014 #8

Somehow I think medicines would still be developed without the big bucks. reformist2 Jan 2014 #10

How? And then why are there not more drugs on the market from non-pharma? n-t Logical Jan 2014 #11

Probably because everyone in medicine is hooked up to pharma. There are a lot of smart people who reformist2 Jan 2014 #12

I dont think you have any clue how a drug gets to market. Do some research on phase 1,2,3 studies... Logical Jan 2014 #13

Stop it Logical! CFLDem Jan 2014 #15

Lobbying and advertising is part of every business. I am fine with 100% government run.... Logical Jan 2014 #16

Time to require pharmas to follow the Hippocratic oath. reformist2 Jan 2014 #9

Greedy fucking assholes. Initech Jan 2014 #14

Bayer used to buy Jews from Auschwitz for 170RM apiece to test drugs on WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2014 #17

We embrace big pharma now anyway so.... Puzzledtraveller Jan 2014 #19