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Topic Title: Time to get PAID! Topic Summary: Or, time to pay for threatening capital Created On: 08/12/2022 05:35 AM |
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08/12/2022 05:35 AM
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If you're a politician that is.
Big Pharma needs some favors... For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits. But the hyperbole reached a new pitch in recent weeks as the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation measures in the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill "could propel us light-years back into the dark ages of biomedical research," Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, president of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, said last month. Venture capitalists and other opponents of the bill said that it "immediately will halt private funding of drug discovery and development." Steve Ubl, leader of the ubiquitous Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, called the bill's Senate passage on Aug. 7 a "tragic loss for patients." He threatened in an interview with Politico to make politicians suffer if they voted for the measure, adding that "few associations have all the tools of modern political advocacy at their disposal in the way that PhRMA does." ------------------------- “It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti |
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08/12/2022 05:46 AM
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Bullshit of course. In one of maybe two countries globally where we have advertisements for drugs with all the same side effects constantly thrown at us, and insurance policies paying the pigs, these behemoths will be fine.
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08/12/2022 06:04 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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08/12/2022 06:07 AM
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Hey t-fap, why does the US pay double, triple or quadruple what the rest of the world does when it comes to US based prescription drugs?
------------------------- I was right. |
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08/12/2022 06:12 AM
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08/12/2022 06:53 AM
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I would propose a law that all new drugs be tested on Pharma capitalists.
Let's run an LD50 test on them with some dick pills. ------------------------- “It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti |
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08/12/2022 12:14 PM
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------------------------- "Its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain |
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08/12/2022 12:31 PM
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Yes, I would be opposed in general to a MANDATE to TEST a vaccine on the population.
I think the vaccines that saves countless lives can not be called untested, Nor was there ever a mandate that I've heard of that didn't include an opt out with testing. Rushed, sure it was a fucking pandemic. But not what you called it. ------------------------- "The truth is incontrovertible. malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill Edited: 08/12/2022 at 12:48 PM by WG |
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