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This is coming at the tail end of the fracas, I know. I wish to address the idea that GSK needs to be reimbursed for their research. I was on beta-agonists (long acting and rescue inhaler) and steroid inhalers back in the eighties. They were in the $20-$30 neighborhood for the name brands at the time, and they were prescribed separately. My cost was less, as back in the day, I had a job with insurance. Now, the (ridiculous, misguided) feds have outlawed the inhalers, which otherwise would be generic, and I'm stuck with this absurd discus thingy at almost $300 a pop - extending the patent to 30+ years.
Now, who did GSK do their research on? Me. Without my knowledge or consent. Say what? Did they cut me a check? No. Did they put my life at risk? Yep. That's right, the doctors, at the behest of the pharma reps put thousands of people on an untried regime. And it worked out. YAY. Their gamble with my life paid - for them.
BTW, most of the cost of basic science is underwritten with public money - it's a giant subsidy to pharma. Most research is carried out at public universities - at the public expense. Pharma handles the marketing. That's their real agenda. It ain't your health.
So now, there's the exact same two drugs in purple plastic thingy that costs 30 times more. The research was done - decades ago, by unknowing human gunea pigs. Why the cost increase? In the rest of the world GSK markets the same drugs under different names, at different costs. Its just what the market will bear. Buy it from overseas, do what you need to do. But don't listen to the fear mongering. Pharma cares nothing at all about you.
Now, who did GSK do their research on? Me. Without my knowledge or consent. Say what? Did they cut me a check? No. Did they put my life at risk? Yep. That's right, the doctors, at the behest of the pharma reps put thousands of people on an untried regime. And it worked out. YAY. Their gamble with my life paid - for them.
BTW, most of the cost of basic science is underwritten with public money - it's a giant subsidy to pharma. Most research is carried out at public universities - at the public expense. Pharma handles the marketing. That's their real agenda. It ain't your health.
So now, there's the exact same two drugs in purple plastic thingy that costs 30 times more. The research was done - decades ago, by unknowing human gunea pigs. Why the cost increase? In the rest of the world GSK markets the same drugs under different names, at different costs. Its just what the market will bear. Buy it from overseas, do what you need to do. But don't listen to the fear mongering. Pharma cares nothing at all about you.