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DapperDan
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They won't sell them, but they make sure family members with cancer
are "selected" for certain drug trials and not in the control group.
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POLL: Do you believe drug companies are are reluctant to sell cancer cures because they make more money treating them than curing them?
Slim
Broscience major
1/22/20 7:36am
Oh for sure. They aren't competitive with each other and hold back patents so each
Baron
1/22/20 7:40am
Well when you say it like that 🙂
Solomon Levi
1/22/20 1:54pm
They won't sell them, but they make sure family members with cancer
DapperDan
1/22/20 7:40am
Remember the stories about the "100 MPG carburetor" or "car that runs on water"?
Dread Pirate Westley
1/22/20 7:41am
Reminded me of the exact same thing. That silly water engine.
Slim
1/22/20 7:42am
Or cold fusion?
ochobeeguy
1/22/20 9:02am
I heard about the car engine using magnets that OPEC killed. I believed that much longer than I should have.
shimmy
1/22/20 9:18am
You have to be extra susceptible to conspiracy theory belief to think that any company would sit on some sort
Byron McNertney
1/22/20 9:37am
Similarly correlated poll: do you wear a tinfoil hat or not
JONBOY
1/22/20 7:41am
More nuanced. Maybe not overtly but they'll pour more money into refining
runnincoug
1/22/20 7:44am
that seems like a critique of capitalism more than drug companies
Linescratcher
1/22/20 7:48am
...or overreaching govt regulations?
StarMan
1/22/20 8:56am
^^Doesn't realize patents are govt monopolies and are the opposite of capitalism
jvquarterback
1/22/20 9:15am
That's an interesting point of view. I'd be curious to see poll results
Linescratcher
1/22/20 9:40am
What, what? You want to see how much innovation occurs, especially in pharmaceuticals without patents?
AD4
1/22/20 9:51am
Patents have a negative effect on innovation in most cases.
jvquarterback
1/22/20 10:57am
Link to those studies?
AD4
1/22/20 12:29pm
Here you go.
jvquarterback
1/22/20 1:17pm
Interesting. Here's an article that refers to some of the same research that your paper uses, but comes to a very
Byron McNertney
1/22/20 3:19pm
Here are the studies actually referenced in the third paragraph:
jvquarterback
1/22/20 3:53pm
Thanks for sharing.
sanitarium
1/22/20 4:12pm
Maybe the heart companies will cure cancer than everyone can
cougfanz
1/22/20 7:51am
My question if they find a cure is how much will treatment cost?
4th and Niner
1/22/20 7:49am
They will treat it like hepc cures but magnified. It's going to be EXPENSIVE
Slim
1/22/20 7:53am
I'm 100% convinced there's a cure out there that's kept under wraps
RockyBalboa
1/22/20 8:00am
Look at what happened with Gilead and Hep C. They found a cure but the cost was $128k per treatment,
chago04
1/22/20 8:06am
Yeah, but that is Hep C. You think curing cancer would be make money?
shimmy
1/22/20 9:17am
I do, especially for the smaller companies. They would make billions if not trillions.
chago04
1/22/20 9:30am
I dunno, Toasterchive has been to seminars that say differently. I just don't know if there is enough demand in a cure.
shimmy
1/22/20 9:40am
How much does Gardisil cost? There's your cure for 98% of cervical, anal and H&N
jvquarterback
1/22/20 9:21am
This poll is depressing. I don't even know where to start.
Y'zcrack
1/22/20 11:52am
Businesses care about one thing: maximizing shareholder value
Solomon Levi
1/22/20 1:44pm
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