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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: coyote who wrote (3616)	6/20/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

The longer a new drug is delayed, the more people who could have benefited from that drug either continue to get sicker or die. On the other hand, the longer the delay, the fewer unpleasant surprises. If you carry delay to an extreme we might as well forget developing new drugs. It isn't a simple balance, but in the case of the medical problems I have, FDA delays have been far more harmful to me than any side effects. A libertarian would say that it is your body, you are allowed to be foolish with it in many ways (drinking too much booze, driving motorcycles in the rain, rock climbing, etc), so why shouldn't you and your doctor make your own decision about risk levels? If you like living in a "nanny state", fine. I like to make up my own mind. good investing

To: coyote who wrote (3616)	6/23/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9523

Re: FDA approval I think your recollection of the circumstances surrounding thalidomide are incorrect. L.M. Lamarr wrote: Many countries could save their taxpayers a lot of money by automatic approval if the USA approves. And you replied: If Canada had done that, we would have experienced all the thalidomide problems that you had. NO THANKS 35 years ago thalidomide was not approved by the FDA and the people who took the drug here obtained it from overseas, presumably in Germany where it was being manufactured and prescribed. Don't hang that one on the FDA.