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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 > > Affiliated to Travel Professionals International Our Contact: > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn