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[E. Pluribus Unum]

If they would have started claiming it treats Alzheimer’s the FDA would have come down on them like the jackboots they are.

[lightman]

So they sold their soul and kept their money so we could lose our minds.

Eisenhower warned of a “military-industrial complex” but the medicinal-pharmeceutical complex is more deadly.

[Bob Ireland]

Here is some useful info about Enbrel (Etanercept). Of note: In 2013, a survey by the International Federation of Health Plans (IFHP) found that the average U.S. cost for Enbrel was $2,225 per month, or $26,700 per year.

Count me out. :)

[Valpal1]

This is just the same old media narrative of evil medical corporations are evil, we need socialism to fix it.

A statistical correlation in insurance data is not evidence of efficacy and is not a reason to invest 100’s of millions in research, when other research into biologic anti-inflammatories have been dead ends.

It’s hard to treat a disease before you know the cause.

[grumpygresh]

I thought that the government wants to keep the people demented and dumbed down.

[tiki]

Except that they did. I researched it way back when.

[marktwain]

All this “gotcha” played by the media is tiresome.

There were good reasons not to publish these results. As others have noted, the FDA frowns on claims of efficacy not backed up by rigorous studies.

[IronJack]

Pfizer is under no obligation to conduct any study it doesn’t choose to.

[hinckley buzzard]

There is nothing that prevents some other company from doing this clinical research. If the adventitious data is as promising as this story implies, someone will do the research.

[catnipman]

“Enbrel had reached the end of its patent life and its profits were dwindling, meaning it may have made little business sense to invest in the trial, according to the Post. “

this is totally ridiculous: any drug company worth its salt will give its left nut to obtain a new patent for a new use for an old drug that has an expiring patent for an old use ...

[Salvation]

Is there a fine for a company doing something like this that harms patients?

[poinq]

Or you could just stop eating carbs.

[Ann Archy]

There HAD to be a reason! They could have DOUBLED the price! MAYBE they just didn’t have ALL the research done yet! Geesh.

[JayGalt]

Isn’t this more a problem with the patent process? New use, patent extension, to recoup $ spent.

[Neidermeyer]

studying how inflammation contributes to Alzheimer’s.
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The best way to reduce inflammatory disease throughout your body is to greatly limit carbohydrate and sugar intake.