Posted on 03/20/2006 5:31:22 AM PST by Born Conservative
Choice is socialization?
I think I said that it was testing the American company was doing. I doubt they will be absolved of any responsibility.
You are factually incorrect. Private medical and pharmaceutical companies operate in the UK. Many are publicly listed at the London stock exchange. This case only has a tangential connection to socialised helathcare.
"I think I said that it was testing the American company was doing. I doubt they will be absolved of any responsibility>."
They will be absolved - the sponsor is the one that bears responsibility, unless it can be proven that the CRO did not follow the instructions. In this case, the problem was with the drug, not its administration, hence the responsibility it completely that of the sponsor.
"I think you totally misread that."
Thanks for the clairication.
Just wanted to add that research into this area should not stop.
If you can take the extreme of an antigen drug that turns on every T-cell in the body and makes them go beserk offset by drugs that just gently nudge a few of them to become a little more active, then there might be a happy medium where you just get enough of a response that viral or bacterial infections are stopped in their tracks by our own immune system. In addition, a properly designed antigen drug really could turn off immune cells involved in arthritis, asthma and other auto-immune deseases.
Lots of dangers still; but lots of promise as well. More "safety" required as well of course.
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