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Re: House OKs bill to ease buying of foreign drugs
2003-07-30 19:18:18
>Subject: Re: House OKs bill to ease buying of foreign drugs >From: "Steve Harris" >If you make theivery legal, the market will simply stop >producing the product. Investment in drug R&D will drop >without patent protection. It now costs between $800 and >$900 million to develop and bring to market a new drug >(depending on whether or not you count post-release >monitoring costs to the maker). Nobody will pay that if >there are no drug patents. > Would you please explain why the drug industry remains one of the most highly profitable industry in this country, when you claim they are spending such vast amounts of money on R & D. And please explain why drug companies are not coming up with new drugs, just 'improved' drugs that they have already developed. And why they repeatly extend their patents. As for the current bill, it allows pharnacies, not individuals to purchase drug. And it is assumed they will pass the savings to us. Something I elieve when I see it. In the mean time, I will continue drive to Canada to obtain my six month supply. Denise
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