No one is arguing that the system isn't in need of reform. No one is supporting the big pharm companies here. On Feb 14, 2013 11:07 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Really? NIce little puff piece of industry propaganda. > > Now how much of that was just slight tweaking of a drug to avoid > generics being developed. Or how much of that was a new and improved > things - different color to the pill. Thing is that nothing is cited, > but pro industry assertions are made with nothing to back it up. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:55 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Look at that, less than half. > > On Feb 14, 2013 10:52 AM, "Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Sure about that? > >> > >> > >> > http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/12/us-research-usa-idUSTRE60B5FL20100112 > >> > >> Industry was the largest contributor to biomedical research, > >> accounting for 58 percent of all 2007 spending, the team at the > >> University of Rochester Medical Center in New York found. > >> > >> The U.S. National Institutes of Health was the second-largest source, > >> paying for 27 percent, they reported in the Journal of the American > >> Medical Association. But funding fell in real terms. > >> > >> . > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Those were the ones off the top of my head. There's this myth that > >> > medical research only takes place in the US. One thing my wife noticed > >> > when she was working for a medical journal was the increase in > >> > submitted papers from outside the US. Moreover the second part of the > >> > myth, that because of the private insurance system it pays for US > >> > medical research. Hello - the US government pays for it, through the > >> > NIH, NIHM, FDA, HHS, DOA and the Defense Department. That sounds very > >> > much like a socialist approach to me. > >> > > >> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:14 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Canada has socialized medicine, but it's socialism light and you know > >> it. > >> >> You also know that just because there have been 2 recent > advancements in > >> >> medicine from abroad that the U.S. has by far invented, discovered > and > >> even > >> >> invested more than any other single country on the planet. > >> >> On Feb 14, 2013 10:10 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> You mean like the new advances in stem cell research from University > >> >>> of Oslo, or the recent Ebola vaccine developed in Canada (another of > >> >>> your socialist countires). > >> >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
