tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post6913931956894174286..comments2024-03-27T21:03:58.972-04:00Comments on Just A Life Sciences Blog...: Friday's Merck-Related Roundup: Ebola Vaccines; Hep C And Cubist Clean UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-38506548510688077412015-01-23T13:46:38.635-05:002015-01-23T13:46:38.635-05:00I think Elizabeth Warren is a great advocate. I re...I think Elizabeth Warren is a great advocate. I respect her very much.<br /><br />I do think PhRMA will beat the drums to kill this before it leaves any committee.<br /><br />In fact they have begun an onslaught, already.<br /><br />While I think a transfer of fines to NIH might be good for NIH's budget, it would surprise me very much if it would change the big pharma calculus here.<br /><br />In cases where there is no alternative (like Gilead's Sovaldi -- in Hep C), and the government is going to have to pay for it. . .<br /><br />The involved companies are effectively insulated from any real lasting pain by virtue of the fact that the will be needed -- just to keep making it available.<br /><br />The fines will still be seen as a "cost of doing business" -- not always, but often.<br /><br />I wish it were not true; but I am afraid that it will be. Great find!<br /><br />Do stop back!<br /><br />NamasteCondorhttp://shearlingsplowed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-47755323269001520912015-01-23T11:33:51.895-05:002015-01-23T11:33:51.895-05:00on a different note, what do you think?
http://ww...on a different note, what do you think?<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/elizabeth-warren-pharma_n_6520746.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com