From The People's Pharmacy:
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/editorial/where_are_all_the_miracle_medicines.php
From the editorial:
"Drug companies justify the high cost of prescription medicines to
help pay for breakthroughs of the future. One company even advertises:
“Today’s medicines finance tomorrow’s miracles.”
The implication is that if we want wonderful medications to cure Alzheimer’s disease, cancer or diabetes, we should be happy to pay whatever they charge us for drugs to control heartburn, depression or high cholesterol.
The trouble is, there have been relatively few miracles in recent years. To date, there is nothing very exciting to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, let alone cure this dreadful disease. Even unbelievably expensive cancer therapies may only prolong life for a few months."
My FSIL will be starting a fellowship at one of the big Pharmas soon. I will be curious to hear & find out just how things work there.Most of the medical advances in Canada come out of the universities. Although the cancer centre where I get treated does have a research floor, but I don't know if they've discovered anything useful.I heard a doctor on TV the other day call Enbrel a miracle med. Maybe he meant it would be a miracle if anyone could afford it! [QUOTE=Pallamatu]I heard a doctor on TV the other day call Enbrel a miracle med. Maybe he meant it would be a miracle if anyone could afford it![/QUOTE]