Jim and all.

I Agree. Finding a cure is real to me and i'm hoping it will be fairly soon,
in fact I BELIEV E it will happen, its one thing that keeps me going with a
positive attitude.   Its to hard to go along with the 'conspiracy theory'.

Diane
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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Shot down again


> Hi Jacob and Group -
>
> I couldn't disagree with you more.  This "conspiracy theory" has the same
> ring to it as those involved with the so-called "100 miles-per-gallon"
> carburetor or the "free electricity" schemes.  In these situations the oil
> and power companies supposedly have squashed the development of
technologies
> that would hurt their businesses.  Hog wash!
>
> The truth of the matter is that each of the drug companies spend millions
on
> research every year.  Only after they've spent some big bucks can they
apply
> for Government approval just to put the new therapy into Phase 1 trials.
In
> most studies Phase 1 is just designed to test the safety aspects.  After
> that, Phase 2 will begin to look at efficacy issues.  As you might
imagine,
> none of this is cheap in terms of finance, resources, or time.
>
> Most of you know that I am part of the porcine fetal cell
xenotransplantation
> project.  Let me assure you; the scientists who are with this experiment
are
> with it in earnest. I also met with the company's CEO about a year after
the
> operation.  Part of this personal conversation was to determine whether or
> not the company was going to commit an ADDITIONAL $50 Million to the basic
> research.  Does this sound like they're NOT looking for a cure?  I don't
> think so.
>
> While we might not like the way drug and biotech companies run their firms
> (and price their products), it is wrong to accuse them of undermining
their
> own scientists and researchers.  For them money is the name of the game
and
> it would be foolish to allocate funds to dead-end projects.  The
shareholders
> would simply not put up with this sort of nonsense.  But they realize that
> many dollars have to be spent first to determine what has potential and
what
> does not.
>
> Parkinson's disease is considered to be the most curable of the
neurological
> maladies.  While horrible enough, I'm grateful that it's not MS or
> Huntington's or worse.  At least a lot of money is being spent on finding
the
> cure and public awareness of PD has never been as high as it is now.
>
> Regards -
>
> Jim Finn
>
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