Ferdinando Falcao wrote: > >Do I need to elaborate more about conspiracies and ethics? About unholy
>nexus of Drug Companies and Research scientists and Politicians? > Yes. I think Falcao needs to elaborate more about the conspiracies and ethics in the two opinions he has posted below. I tried to see if there was any mention made of research scientists, politicians, nexus, global conspiracies or mafias in them. I did not find any. The first opinion describes the public relations tactics used by pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs. It talks about the emergence of companies employing journalists and medical writers to write articles promoting new drugs in medical journals, and the solicitation of influential academics to act as authors. No claim is made that the medical information provided in those articles is false, or that the listed authors are not required to have any input and approve of what is written. The second opinion is a diatribe against the pharmaceutical company Novartis. It implies that Marxism would be better than Capitalism. It laments that drugs are expensive when they ought to be distributed freely or at least sold at cheap prices. It blames corporate greed, and unjust property rights and patent laws for this circumstance. It claims that the current legally instituted patent granting system is a crime against humanity. So yes, assuming that these opinions are valid and generally applicable, Falcao needs to elaborate on the conspiracies and ethics, and point out the non-existent mention of research scientists, politicians and the nexus between them. Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]> COMMENT : I regret to state that there is enough clarity on this issue, but profound blindness on the part of some who want to behave like ostriches. The conspiracy and eroded ethics is clear here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/20/drug-companies-ghost-writing-journalism AND HERE: http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/novartis-must-not-win-this-case-amit-sen-gupta/ Do I need to elaborate more about conspiracies and ethics? About unholy nexus of Drug Companies and Research scientists and Politicians? Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
