Denise Every wrote:
> <<<Are you of the opinion that the pharmaceutical industry isn't trying to > stop the sale of natural supplements? >>> > > Personally, I think in this market-driven society, no one is going to stop > the sale of anything that is making big bucks... and the supplement industry > brings in something like a couple of billion dollars a year, from what I > recollect hearing. That's nothing to sneeze at, even by Big Pharma. > > Rather than trying to stop the sale of natural supplements, I think they > would be more likely to get on the bandwagon and join in reaping the > profits... that way they'd be getting the bucks from the people who do use > their drugs, and also profit from the people who don't. What bandwagon? Understand that when a drug company patents a pill, they end up with a cost to produce it of typically 1 to 10 cents, and will sell it for between 1 and 10 dollars, for a 100:1 or better markup. Supplements typically cost significantly more to produce since they are not simply produced chemically or with microorgamisms, and sell for much less, with a mark up of 10% to 50%. Since the supplement will in many cases replace the patented pill, why would a company want to sell a supplement with a profit of around 5 cents a pill instead of a patented pill at 99 cents to $9.99 profit. If they joined the bandwagon and allowed the information that such and such supplement at 10 cents a pop will replace their pill at $5.00 a pop, they will be losing 95% of their earnings. > > > If there's money to be made, I think they'd go after it, rather than > possibly losing a huge market completely, which I think is a real > possibility. But there is no many to be made if they did that, they would lose huge earnings as outlined above. > I'm sure a lot of people who prefer using natural things and > tend to be independent aren't going to just jump into using pharmaceuticals > if the choice is taken away. No, many will get sick and die (regardless of whether they join the phamaceuticals or not). This supports another agenda. > So instead of bringing those folks into the > pharmaceutical fold, they'd just end up losing that market completely, and I > don't think they want to see that happen. The people who are taking supplements are not in the market, and thus will not be lost to them. Selling supplements instead of patent medicines may double their sales volume, but the dollar amount of the sales will drop by over 90%. Not a win for the pharms. > > > Sure, they might not make as much money from a natural herbal that they > can't patent, but any sale is better than no sale when you've got > stockholders to please, eh? Not when that sale of a nickel item replaces the sale of a $5.00 item. That is a 99% loss in sales, and would NOT satisfy the stockholders. Marshall > > > Denise > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
