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That certainly is something to think about. The difference is the NIH does more basic research rather than searching for a drug. I, too, am waiting for the pill that will cure me, but we need everyone working on it. I certainly see no harm in lobbying the drug companies, but keep in mind...if one of them finds the "cure" it puts all their other drugs "out of the market." Do you think they will readily forget their bottom line and be that altruistic? I'm usually a pollyanna (optimist), but I wonder....... nina Flemco- wrote: > List Members, > > Something to think about: > > * Eli Lilly spends about $1.5 Billion per year on R&D (that is Billion with > a B). > * Annual Sales are about $9.0 Billion > * Net income is about $2 Billion annually > * Permax accounts for 1% of revenue ($100 million) > * Permax sales are up 11% - pretty good growth-about the same as Prozac > growth and better than Humulin (insulin product) which is only 3% > > This one little pharmaceutical company's numbers dwarfs the $100 million we > are concerned about the government spending. I think we would be better off > lobbying Lilly, Hoffman-LaRoche, Merck et al. > > Just a thought. Have a good day. > > Larry > [log in to unmask] > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/l/e/Lawrence-R-Fleming/