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To: xjcsa

“You should try getting sick without their products.”

The major drug companies should stop bribing the generic drug companies not to produce equally effective, but much lower cost, generic versions of life-saving drugs so they can continue to rake astronomical profits on them.


347 posted on 03/03/2008 8:29:38 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Nature, getting rid of Muslims one tsunami at a time.)
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To: neutronsgalore
The major drug companies should stop bribing the generic drug companies not to produce equally effective, but much lower cost, generic versions of life-saving drugs so they can continue to rake astronomical profits on them.

Why do you think the drug companies come up with these lifesaving drugs? Where do you think the money for the research and development comes from? How many failed attempts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars each - does it take to produce one successful, profitable drug? And how many new lifesaving drugs do you think will be brought to market when there's no longer any real money in it?

348 posted on 03/03/2008 9:52:25 PM PST by xjcsa (I hated McCain before hating McCain was cool.)
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