It's not just profits...everybody seems to want such extreme profits. If it
isn't a blockbuster, it's not worth it.

Greed is what will sink us.

Kathleen


On 27 March 2013 14:13, Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Leonard, your hotel metaphor is off the mark and your claim that there is
> nothing wrong with capitalism is as ridiculous as the idea that given free
> rein, communism would have vindicated itself through history. The profit
> motive is suspect, if not guilty as sin, in the continuing suffering of
> those poor persons unfortunate enough to be afflicted with a disease that
> is
> not profitable.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rayilyn Brown
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin
>
> this is why we need the NIH and big government to fund research.  for the
> good of society.  having Parkinson is not like looking for a reasonably
> priced hotel room.  DBS was first done in France, not the US and it stopped
> my tremors which no drug has done.
>
> Capitalism is most certainly better than hunting and gathering and
> feudalism,  but needs improvement if humanity is to progress.
>
> I'm not a believer in the idea that this is as good as it can get.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leonard Soffer
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin
>
> If capitalism is so bad, why is it that most of the world's new drug
> therapies are developed in the US?
>
> Consider something a bit less emotional than medicine to start.  When you
> go
> out of town and need a place to stay, you could walk around town looking
> for
> a nice person (one not motivated by money) to put you up.  You have to rely
> on the goodwill of a stranger, who gets nothing in return.  (And also hope
> he is not an ax murderer.)  Or, you can go to a hotel, run by a person or a
> corporation whose motive is purely profit.  They provide you shelter for
> the
> night, and maybe even breakfast and an Internet connection, not out of good
> will but because you give them money.  Which system does a better job at
> making temporary housing available to travelers?
>
> Now, back to drugs.  Do you really expect companies to invest the millions
> of dollars (sometimes billions) it takes to develop new drug therapies out
> of the goodness of their hearts?  No, and if we relied on that for the drug
> pipeline there would be about as many new drug therapies as there are free
> hotels.  Drug companies are motivated by profit and like it or not, that
> profit is what induces them to research and develop new drugs.
>
> There are certainly problems with how our economic system works, and in
> particular the system for bringing new drugs to market.  But the
> fundamental
> idea of capitalism is not flawed.  If you want to see a flawed economic
> system, look to Russia or Cuba.  How many new drug therapies did they
> produce last year?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Ahamed Ismail <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > well said Rick. True color of capitalism.
> >
> >
> >
> > ahamed
> >
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> > www.tpiworldwide.com/nasimismailtpi http://www.me2everyone.com/503708
> >
> >
> > http://tripatlas.com/store/112331
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:58:51 -0700
> > > From: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > disgusting isn't it?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rick McGirr
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:18 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin
> > >
> > > Ain't capitalism grand!? Maybe now we'll be worth something to someone!
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rayilyn Brown
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:28 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: investors excited about Pimavanserin
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/columns/biomed/3469/full-phase-iii-results
> > > -send-acadia-higher-3469.html
> > > Ray
> > > Rayilyn Brown
> > > Past Director AZNPF
> > > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
> > >
> >
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