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2004-12-30 Home Front: Tech
Sick Pharma
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Posted by .com 2004-12-30 2:20:18 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 What I want to know is, what with all the hoopla and fear generated from this lack of flu vaccine, why the hell hasn't the government demanded large scale production facilities? Seriously, this disease kills on average between 15K-100K Americans every year, and we're facing a killer flu that could kill 10-20 MILLION AMERICANS. Shouldn't somebody be doing something?
Posted by Anonymoose 2004-12-30 11:09:47 AM||   2004-12-30 11:09:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 # 1 Yes, the government plays too big of a role in the rx industry and that is a BIG part of the problem. Pricing, availablity (going to Canada)
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis sums it up nicely.

Andrea
Posted by ANdrea  2004-12-30 11:59:30 AM||   2004-12-30 11:59:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Gotta be North Hampton.
Posted by Shipman 2004-12-30 12:40:11 PM||   2004-12-30 12:40:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Big Pharma's both too big and not big enough. They're caught in a vise between:
a) huge and escalating drug development costs that require the financial resources provided by mega-mergers
b) the stifling of creativity and focus regarding drug research that post-merger behemoths invariably encounter

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 12:44:02 PM||   2004-12-30 12:44:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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