What, what? You want to see how much innovation occurs, especially in pharmaceuticals without patents?

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Jan 22, 2020
9:51:44am

AD4 All-American

The drive to make money off patented drugs, devices, etc., in a capitalistic market spurs innovation.

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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

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