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Originally posted by DJMessiah
Those companies that are suing the Thai government plan to have the trial where? Thailand?
It's going to be a losing case. A country's government can choose which copyright/trademark/patent laws they will accept into federal law.
Originally posted by puneetsg
This regime has led to India having some of the lowest drug prices in the world,
Originally posted by Nygdan
They're not in it to cure diseases, they're there to make a profit, and its because of that that we even have these drugs at all.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Its all well and good as long as there is someone actually inventing the drugs in the first place, but clearly it wouldn't work worldwide. I mean, I think that any nation really has no choice here, they have to dole out the drugs that will save so many lives, but still, the drug business is just that, a business, not a charity. They're not in it to cure diseases, they're there to make a profit, and its because of that that we even have these drugs at all.
Originally posted by df1
If I believed that my doctor is more concerned with making a profit than curing me, I'm going to get a new doctor.
And so would you, don't deny it, because it is in your best interest to do so.
Yet you are not applying this same standard to the drug companies which provide the medications that are prescribed by your doctor and it doesn't bother you in the least that they don't give a damn about whether you get well or not.
What troubles me is the number of people that think it is just fine and dandy.
Originally posted by jsobecky
What Nygdan speaks is the truth.
Originally posted by Nygdan
The profit motive is far more stable, reliable, and pervasive, than the charity or altruism motive.
Originally posted by df1
Originally posted by jsobecky
What Nygdan speaks is the truth.
These companies spend big bucks to cultivate a positive image on television, news and in government. You really don't have any idea about the true research costs, any more than the president & the congress know where 3 trillion of our tax dollars has gone. Nygdan spoke the truth only when said they were in it just for the money. And they will freaking lie, fake test result and fudge the budget to make more money. And now you jump on board saying its "A ok" with you.
Originally posted by Nygdan
The profit motive is far more stable, reliable, and pervasive, than the charity or altruism motive.
The profit motive is far more stable, reliable, and pervasive as a method of making money, but not as a method for developing medications for people.
These companies own the freaking FDA so we have no oversight. For all we know the pharmacist is filling our scripts with "Soylent Green" that will spontaneously reverse everyones sexual preference on 12/12/2012 and it would still be "A ok" with you because, damn it, your a capitalist.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Well, of course. You're stealing drugs. That tends to be pretty cost effective.
Its all well and good as long as there is someone actually inventing the drugs in the first place, but clearly it wouldn't work worldwide.