But from thr Big Pharma perspective, I must ask if a cure for cancer would even sustain long term profitability (I know, crazy right?). It would have to be expensive to replace all the current cash cows with countless facilities and multiple treatments per patient. All those people, buildings and equipment wouldn’t be needed. It’s nice to think that the pharmaceutical Industry is creating drugs for altruistic reasons, but they are commercial capitalist entities that run on profit like all businesses, just as you said. Are they going to make the cure affordable enough for everyone to have access to it (not govt paying for certain groups), or will it be so valuable that very few could afford it and choose the more affordable standard “Classic Chemo” instead? It’s a very interesting topic, but what do I know. I’m just some guy on the internet.
By the way, IIRC, Steve Jobs chose “alternative medicine” rather than traditional Western medicine until it was too late. Pancreatic cancer like my uncle.
Yes, Jobs did not seek out a traditional cure because he knew it would not likely be successful.
Cancer is an awful thing. Our good friends 20 year old son has brain cancer now and like everyone I have lost countless loved ones, friends, and people I admired to it.
I hate cancer and would love to see a breakthrough immediately of any kind that would improve treatment. There will not be any way to keep something like that secret nor would it be in the interest of the government to do so considering they pay for the health care of tens of millions through medicaid/medicare and the VA!
I don’t know what the economics of the drug or treatment will be, but I am sure it will not be any more expensive (or insane) than the current regime.