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I'd like to offer another view of 'greedy pharmaceutical companies.' I only have personal knowledge of one-Eli Lilly. I wonder if all of you realize how many families Eli Lilly supports all over the world? How much they give to employees, retirees, our city of Indianapolis, Third world countries, and in my case, survivors of employees? How much their stock means to the survival of millions of retirees?There is a program as in most drug companies to offer cheap drugs to to the truly poor. Without Eli Lilly I could not have supported my children after their father died and could not be of any help to my Parkinson friend. My husband worked for Lilly for 30 years and I did a contract job there a few years ago. I can tell you there is not a more reputable company anywhere. Profits? Sure! But where do they go? Into research, production , many philanthropic ventures -too may to count- and employees families. Sure they give to political campaigns. There is too much at! stake to risk a candidate that is not for free enterprise; who would take away a corporations right to make money and support communities all over the globe and .stifle research and new drugs. I know how much Parkinsonians pay for drugs, believe me. But at least the drigs are availalble. Take away the research dollars and we will all suffer. CJ James Indianapolis -------------- Original message -------------- > On 15 Sep 2004 at 10:22, KF Etzold wrote: > > > Drug companies are multinational. As such I would expect that they > > manufacture a product, for example, in Mexico and then distribute the > > same product world wide. This would mean that the Presidents > > statements about safety are moot. I would be very surprised if the > > drug companies set up factories in every country to manufacture the > > same product. > > Not necessarily. Often, trade-named drugs are made "under license" from the > original manufacturer when they are made in other countries. In such cases, > they may be packaged differently and the route of distribution may vary quite > a bit. There are some cases (some of the anticonvulsants, for example) where > it is the *packaging* that is important, as the drugs deteriorate with exposure > to light, moisture, etc., and if the storage is less than ideal, the drugs will > lose > their potency. This is less likely to happen in the U. S. or other "developed" > countries. > > > > > > > Does anybody know if the drugs from Canada are in fact distinct from > > those made in the US? Indeed are the drugs sold in the US, made in the > > US? > > In some cases, this is true. In general, however, the "standards" for the > manufacture and distribution of prescription drugs in Canada are very similar > to those in the U. S. > > > Best, > > Bob > > Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. > Neurological Surgery > 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 > Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA > 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 > > "Ex Tristitia Virtus" > > Disclaimer: That which is written in my e-mail is not to be > considered as "medical advice". Such advice can only be > given after a formal, in-person, consultation between > doctor and patient. > > ********************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn