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To: combjelly who wrote (889974)9/24/2015 7:09:14 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1575201
 
No one's health should be subject to 'market forces'. Selling life saving drugs for 'what the market will bear' is simply evil, since a person will spend all they have to stay alive and healthy.

I realize pharmaceutical profits enable these drugs, but the system we have is morally wrong. I don't know what the answer is, but our current system is not it. I'm sure as we progress, people will view our current system as crazy.



To: combjelly who wrote (889974)9/28/2015 7:13:10 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 1575201
 
Giving out free samples is considered marketing.

Also its not like their is a fixed budget and marketing takes away from R&D. The idea of marketing is to raise overall demand and increase revenue. To the extent that happens the more that gets spent on marketing the more money is available for R&D. To the extent it doesn't happen its a problem of poor marketing.


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