[sgtbono2002]

I know I am dumb , but Damned if I can understand how Pharmaceutical companies can sell the same drug in Canada cheaper than they sell it here. Why should we have to save money by shipping those drugs from the US to Canada then back to the US. It doesnt make sense.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Abolish the FDA and I won't feel nearly as much rancor against the pharmaceutical industry.

Having worked in it for many years, it is my opinion that the only purpose of the FDA is to breed corrupt parasites who are rewarded for their deference with nice private sector jobs when their government service is over.

[Mamzelle]

Bump.

Twenty-odd years ago if you had a heart attack and managed to get to the ER, they could zap you and thump you -- and maybe you'd live after a long, painful, possibly crippling recovery.

Now, every day there are people walking out of the hospital the next day, saved by "Big Pharma" and those greedy hospital personnel...and no one has even an ounce of thankfulness in their hearts...

[I still care]

Wait until Michael Moore's new movie comes out - it's all about the "evil" drug industry. Of course, one of the articles of faith of the kook left is about how corporations in general are evil, and how the government, by contrast, is good.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

What's even worse is that prevaricator extraordinaire, Michael Moore, who has a new hit piece in the can-supposedly-documenting the depredations of "Big Pharma."

As if we haven't endured enough of his lies for one decade.

[narby]

The fact that Michael Moore has announced that his next movie is an attack job on the pharmacutical industry is all I need to know.

[ken5050]

Why should books cost $30-40 dollars? Authors make way to much in royalites, as do publishers, and bookstores..Let's have a fair price..

[Psycho_Bunny]

Bump to me

[softengine]

Good article - what's frustrating is that the Marcia Angell's of the world will get all the important media soundbites, and all the face time in front of congres, while the other side is never (adequately) presented.

[penowa]

Angell sounds like Hillary. Wonder if MM's movie and this book have anything to do with Hillary being the candidate in '08?

[Paul C. Jesup]

I might actually feel sorry for the pharmaceutical industry if it was not for the fact that they charge us U.S. citizens triple the price for their drugs that they charge the rest of the world for.

[Plutarch]

Demonization is a necessary prelude to price controls. Wherever you have price controls you have demonization.

Examples:

Rent control -----> Greedy landlords.
Gas price control -----> "Big Oil" "Seven Sisters"

[nickcarraway]

The drug companies also get into bed with and use the government. if they want to stop dying by the sword, they should stop living by the sword.