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To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (494990)	11/18/2003 4:21:06 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 769667

Voodoo, I don't think you understand, I have just watched the US software industry go offshore, I am in management with a VC firm engaging in the activity. I don't think we should be protecting your industry of drugs. Your industry does not employ many people compared to the software and film industries. Your business is a high cost, low return business, thems the facts. If we are going to protect an industry it should be film/media in the US, that is our strongest export and next might be software or design. Drugs are way near the bottom in terms of cost benefit analysis. Way down there.

To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (494990)	11/18/2003 7:30:27 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Dr. Voodoo, Re: I'm done educating you Lizzie. I'm sorry if you don't get it. A lot of us "don't get it" because we see big Pharma ripping us off. There are many substantiated cases were the basic science of a new drug is done at public expense through NIH and the IP is transferred to big Pharma which has little development cost involved, yet charges the public exorbitant prices, while the money that you so hypocritically suggest is going to R&D is actually being expended on grossly wasteful advertising and marketing campaigns. Yeah, there's a lot we "don't get" about big Pharma, especially about why they should be allow to get away with ripping us off.