Re: The Bull*** Parade

From: GMCarter (fiar_at_verizon.net)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:46:25 GMT

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:09:17 -0700, "Robert" <Robert@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Hey Phil, imagine this scenario:
>A man gets diagnosed with a fatal cancer and is told he has no hope with
>that diagnosis. He looks near and far for the most prominent world expert
>with that particular malignancy and goes around the world to see him. After
>the consultation the doctor tells him that the only last hope for him is an
>experimental drug manufactured by Merck in which he is currently doing a
>clinical trial on. The man becomes distraught and shouts out, "You Drug
>whore", and walks out.
>LOLL, never happen.

While drug companies do SOME R&D, much of it is happening at NIH,
universities and smaller start ups. They wait, watch while public
monies are expended then swoop in to grab up the license when it looks
good.

And indeed, you could replace the term "cancer" with "leishmaniasis"
and again, you'd be right that the scenario would never happen because
no drug company will bother to study the disease.

The integrity of clinical research in the United States has been
horribly compromised. And the situation is only deteriorating more and
more horribly, particularly under Bush.

                George M. Carter

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