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wyldwolf

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9. this disgusts me. I've watched family and friends die from cancer and this guy is telling me...

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 09:02 AM

Jan 2014

...none of those ne'er do wells were good enough for this drug?

Was this medication developed in any way on the taxpayer's dime?

This calls for more than massive boycotts. I'll throw the first brick into the window of their corporate headquarters.

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Well, there went all my wife's work: Bayer CEO: "We did not develop this drug for Indians" [View all] Recursion Jan 2014 OP

Cynicism is your best defense against this shit Fumesucker Jan 2014 #1

Damn, that's true Recursion Jan 2014 #2

Optimists never get nice surprises Fumesucker Jan 2014 #3

Brilliant. mac56 Jan 2014 #6

Goals are a mistake; the unaimed arrow never misses CanonRay Jan 2014 #11

My favorite Homerism... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #37

Gawd... I remember Tom Lehrer! :-) n/t ReRe Jan 2014 #16

Given what Nestlé' CEO said about water this wouldn't dballance Jan 2014 #4

No, no I have the quote Recursion Jan 2014 #5

They just pulled it. LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #7

There is no doubt of the racism of the Bayer CEO. However, what is frustrating the pharmaceutical lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #8

Do you believe the for profit model is the best way for society to develop pharmaceuticals? kristopher Jan 2014 #12

Ideally the government should subsidize this, but looking back at the way the ACA became a reality, lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #27

Is there a direct answer in your reply? kristopher Jan 2014 #33

I don't really have a yes or no because I do not have a full grasp of everything involved. I do lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #34

Pharma sector profit margins run about 20%. Which suggests there is little "risk" in their business El_Johns Jan 2014 #36

You'd hope that somebody on the Bayer board... elzenmahn Jan 2014 #17

absolutely, but I doubt that will happen lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #28

"The CEO from Bayer should be fired for his comments." Hotler Jan 2014 #20

"major quality issues going on with some of the generics " dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #21

They are suppossed to be biochemically equivalent, and go through similar testing, but I can tell lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #31

this disgusts me. I've watched family and friends die from cancer and this guy is telling me... wyldwolf Jan 2014 #9

You better believe that taxpayer dollars helped in developing this drug... elzenmahn Jan 2014 #14

Kind of NAZI. Octafish Jan 2014 #10

You.. ReRe Jan 2014 #15

I met the author's best friend... Octafish Jan 2014 #22

Stop! ReRe Jan 2014 #23

Knowledge is Power! n/t ReRe Feb 2014 #38

You are right on the mark lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #29

what an asshole NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #13

I'm curious about the nature... elzenmahn Jan 2014 #18

Have you noticed.... ReRe Jan 2014 #19

I think they are getting so cocky they don't care what they say dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #24

They don't have to care, If he gets fired tommorrow he's still rich. I pray India takes the drug and uponit7771 Jan 2014 #25

You're so evil!!!! j/k Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #26

Well, they ought to be quaking in their Italian imported boots... ReRe Jan 2014 #30

But U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies aren't afraid to Test Drugs on India’s Poor Sunlei Jan 2014 #32

FYI, Bayer is NOT a U.S. Pharmaceutical company. Also, at least for U.S. pharmaceutical lostincalifornia Jan 2014 #35

Why did you remove it from your FB page? Roland99 Feb 2014 #39