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Brian, also that research has to be paid for --by someone -- if it were now us who would? Many drugs fall by the wayside because they are dangerous, the the drug manufactures get sued, by the very people who wanted the drug in a hurry. this is not a simple world. Nita Brian Collins wrote: > I am entering this debate rather late, because I seem to have a different > outlook on the subject of the big bad drug manufacturers. Please don't > think I am a supporter of these companies, but certain points need to be > made. > I am a devoted fan of the TV series 'The X Files', but that doesn't mean > that I believe that 'The Truth is Out There'. What I am getting at is that > I am not a subscriber to what has been labelled as 'Conspiracy Theory.' > > Consider: Let us suppose that a drug company is actually doing this > horrifying thing- actively suppressing exploitation of a wonder drug. > How did they develop it? We all know that to clear a drug for general > use, the drug company has to carry out a fantastically expensive programme > of testing - do you really think that such trials could be done in secret? > A lot of drugs fall by the wayside during this testing, and you are not > home and dry even when you have full clearance - remember Tasmar? > > As far as I can determine, nearly all the modern drugs started life as > the outcome of research at one or more of the world's Universities, and at > some point they either gave or bought the rights to exploit it for human > consumption - the University work may only have tried the drug on mice, > but even then the potential of this wonder drug would be known, so now we > have to wrap the Universities into this conspiracy. > > Finally, let us suppose that our drug manufacturer did actually make and > test and clear this wonder drug. You can bet that they will slap a price > on the new drug that makes your eyes water. The usual reason given is that > the money is needed to finance the next product in the pipeline, and of > course that is always going to be more costly than last years drug. > Regards, > > -- > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>