[varon]

BUT, the japanese one makes the flu non contagious while it’s fighting it off- which will be huge in helping to prevent spreading the flu

Which means we'll never see it on the U.S. market. Big Pharma can't afford to market anything that provides 100% cure. Can you ever imagine the world without the flu or cancer? Worldwide financial meltdown...

[corkoman]

Big Pharma can't afford to market anything that provides 100% cure.

Silly wagging tongues.

How do you explain Harvoni - the hepatitic C cure? Gilead pharma invested billions into its development.

But please continue berating successful industries by adding the prefix "Big" as it clearly bolsters your position and makes you seem more virtuous.

[oh8eleven]

Big Pharma can't afford to market anything that provides 100% cure.
You hit the nail right on the head.
The last great medical discovery was Dr. Salk's polio vaccine ... and that was about 65-70 years ago.

[i_robot73]

> >> BUT, the japanese one makes the flu non contagious while it’s fighting it off- which will be huge in helping to prevent spreading the flu >> Which means we'll never see it on the U.S. market. Big Pharma can't afford to market anything that provides 100% cure. Can you ever imagine the world without the flu or cancer? Worldwide financial meltdown... > Nor, like Tamiflu, will it be readily available OTC; having to waste time/$$, and possibly infecting others, to see a doc to tell ya, "Yep, you have the flu", like Sherlock F* Holmes. Govt has farked medicine so badly, even the cure for would need palm-greasing, I mean FDA approval, time\lives lost.