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Need better and fewer people and politicians and drugs. -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin need better people to get a better society - and I think fewer or better politicians > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:23:46 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: investors excited about Pimavanserin > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn