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In reply to the discussion: Well, there went all my wife's work: Bayer CEO: "We did not develop this drug for Indians" [View all]ReRe
(10,597 posts)30. Well, they ought to be quaking in their Italian imported boots...
... because looks to me like the world is pissed. If they think for one minute that the people are going to forget September 14, 2008, they better go to their psychoanalysts and get a reality check, pronto. Thom Hartmann says there's going to be another belly-up in our economy in 2016. True what you said about them not being held accountable. Two sets of laws in this country. One for the haves. One for the have-nots. "Equal justice under the law?" Nope, it's unequal justice under the law.
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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
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
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
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
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
FYI, Bayer is NOT a U.S. Pharmaceutical company. Also, at least for U.S. pharmaceutical
lostincalifornia
Jan 2014
#35