Let's make sure that pharmecutical companies continue to screw the working class

[boilermaker55]

Drugmakers ring in 2016 with hefty price hikes

"Drugmakers including Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) have boosted prices on many brand-name medications since last month. The price hikes, ranging from 1.3 percent to 42.3 percent, reflect the list prices, which don't represent the discounts and rebates negotiated by insurers and health care providers."
"Since Jan. 1, Pfizer has boosted the list prices of dozens of drugs, with the average increase set at 10.6 percent, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. Even though it's common practice for drugmakers to lift prices at the start of each year, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly under the spotlight for what some lawmakers and patients allege amounts to price gouging."
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Pfizer Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates and raised its full-year profit forecast as sales of a new cancer drug climbed.
Adjusted earnings of 56 cents a share topped the average projection of 52 cents, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. First-quarter sales of $11.9 billion compared with analysts’ projection of $11.4 billion.
The drug Ibrance, approved in February by U.S. regulators for use in advanced breast cancer, generated $140 million in sales, compared with the $95.3 million projected by analysts. Ibrance will be a $3.39 billion drug by 2018, according to analysts’ estimates. Total oncology sales, including drugs such as Sutent, Inlyta and Xalkori, rose 25 percent from a year earlier."
Pfizer Profit Beats Estimates as Cancer Drug Sales Increase

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

 

[waltky]

Todd wrote: The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies. Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.

Interesting...

... got a link?

 

[guno]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

here you go you ignorant rube

Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States





Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States

Most people would be quite surprised to learn that there is a vaccine for lung cancer, one which has been proven effective in over 25 years of intense research and several years of clinical use. So why is most of the world only learning about it now? The answer is complicated by back-room dealings in the dark recesses of government, and by the unhealthy influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the availability of life-saving medications.
Cuba has faced many public health issues over the last few decades, one of the gravest being related the country’s most famous export, tobacco. A rise in cases of lung cancer prompted this small nation to develop a drug called CimaVax EGF, which is now one of the most effective medications in existence to treat lung cancer.

Cuba Develops Four Cancer Vaccines, Ignored by the Media

 

[JakeStarkey]

Another step toward single payer.

 

[Staidhup]

Oh, so now its not the evil drug companies its a single payer health care system, great, so have you had the opportunity to experience or knowledge as to how these are structured, work, quality of patient care, or maybe why these beneficiaries come to the US for medical treatment? I think not.

 

[guno]

Cuba’s research philosophy opposes the market policies of the big pharmaceutical industry
And although Cuba obtains economic revenues from the sales of its products, its research philosophy diametrically opposes the market policies of the big pharmaceutical industry.

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Nobel Medicine Laureate Richard J. Roberts recently denounced that big pharmaceutical companies aim their research not to curing diseases, but to developing products for chronic conditions, which are more economically profitable. Roberts said that the diseases usually found in the poorest nations are not object of research, due to their low profitability, and for this reason 90 per cent of the research budget is dedicated to finding out about the diseases that affect only 10 per cent of the world population.
Cuban research aims at developing vaccines to prevent diseases

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

here you go you ignorant rube

Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States





Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States

Most people would be quite surprised to learn that there is a vaccine for lung cancer, one which has been proven effective in over 25 years of intense research and several years of clinical use. So why is most of the world only learning about it now? The answer is complicated by back-room dealings in the dark recesses of government, and by the unhealthy influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the availability of life-saving medications.
Cuba has faced many public health issues over the last few decades, one of the gravest being related the country’s most famous export, tobacco. A rise in cases of lung cancer prompted this small nation to develop a drug called CimaVax EGF, which is now one of the most effective medications in existence to treat lung cancer.

Cuba Develops Four Cancer Vaccines, Ignored by the Media

Wow! Cuba has a potential drug? Excellent news!

That makes up for enslaving the island for 50+ years.
Stupid git.

 

[guno]

Listed below are some of the recent achievements of the pharmaceutical industry in Cuba:
Anti-cancer Vaccines:
CIMAVAX-EGF, an oncology vaccine was developed in Cuba for small cell lung cancer. Clinical trials are underway in Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and China.
Racotumomab is another anti-cancer vaccine. Both the CIMAVAX-EGF and the Racotumomab vaccines reduce the size of tumors and improve life expectancy.
Vidatox made by the Cuban pharmaceutical company Labiofam is a cancer natural treatment made from the venom of blue scorpion, found only in Cuba. Currently joint ventures with Canada and China are underway.
Theraloc (nimotuzumab), another treatment for lung cancer and gastric cancer, was developed by CIMAB a research company in Cuba. India, Japan, China, some countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe have already approved this drug for the treatment of oesophageal cancer, glioma, neck and head cancer.
Heberprot-P Cardiovascular DFU used for (diabetic foot ulcer) produced by Cuba’s Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). It is now awaiting approvals in Europe and Latin America. At the current time, Heberprot-P is available in Turkey and is patented in 18 other countries.
Cholera and pneumococcal vaccines have been researched and developed by the Cuban firmBioCubaFarma.
Meningitis-B vaccine developed by Cuba’s Molecular Immunology Center.
BIOCEN a pharmaceutical company in Bejucal, Mayabeque has developed a Hepatitis-B vaccine. It is currently undergoing trials in Cuba and Asia in partnership with Abivax, a French corporation.
Histotherapy Center of Havana has been actively researching and producing drugs and cosmetics made from human placenta in the treatment of auto immune diseases such as vitiligo, psoriasis and alopecia.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cuba’s research philosophy opposes the market policies of the big pharmaceutical industry
And although Cuba obtains economic revenues from the sales of its products, its research philosophy diametrically opposes the market policies of the big pharmaceutical industry.

​

Nobel Medicine Laureate Richard J. Roberts recently denounced that big pharmaceutical companies aim their research not to curing diseases, but to developing products for chronic conditions, which are more economically profitable. Roberts said that the diseases usually found in the poorest nations are not object of research, due to their low profitability, and for this reason 90 per cent of the research budget is dedicated to finding out about the diseases that affect only 10 per cent of the world population.
Cuban research aims at developing vaccines to prevent diseases

Cuban research aims at developing vaccines to prevent diseases

But liberals don't like vaccines.

 

[BluesLegend]

Another step toward single payer.

Losers will get stuck with single payer care, I'll continue to see a real doctor who didn't get a D- in med school.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

here you go you ignorant rube

Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States





Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States

Most people would be quite surprised to learn that there is a vaccine for lung cancer, one which has been proven effective in over 25 years of intense research and several years of clinical use. So why is most of the world only learning about it now? The answer is complicated by back-room dealings in the dark recesses of government, and by the unhealthy influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the availability of life-saving medications.
Cuba has faced many public health issues over the last few decades, one of the gravest being related the country’s most famous export, tobacco. A rise in cases of lung cancer prompted this small nation to develop a drug called CimaVax EGF, which is now one of the most effective medications in existence to treat lung cancer.

Cuba Develops Four Cancer Vaccines, Ignored by the Media

Wow! Cuba has a potential drug? Excellent news!

That makes up for enslaving the island for 50+ years.
Stupid git.

Well, you abandoned your previous point with the quickness. Thats what happens when you speak on shit you know nothing about.

You never said they have to develop a drug that makes up for enslaving anything. Since drugs dont work that way....you're stupid

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

here you go you ignorant rube

Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States





Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States

Most people would be quite surprised to learn that there is a vaccine for lung cancer, one which has been proven effective in over 25 years of intense research and several years of clinical use. So why is most of the world only learning about it now? The answer is complicated by back-room dealings in the dark recesses of government, and by the unhealthy influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the availability of life-saving medications.
Cuba has faced many public health issues over the last few decades, one of the gravest being related the country’s most famous export, tobacco. A rise in cases of lung cancer prompted this small nation to develop a drug called CimaVax EGF, which is now one of the most effective medications in existence to treat lung cancer.

Cuba Develops Four Cancer Vaccines, Ignored by the Media

Wow! Cuba has a potential drug? Excellent news!

That makes up for enslaving the island for 50+ years.
Stupid git.

Well, you abandoned your previous point with the quickness. Thats what happens when you speak on shit you know nothing about.

You never said they have to develop a drug that makes up for enslaving anything. Since drugs dont work that way....you're stupid

Well, you abandoned your previous point with the quickness.

The point that profit is a good and necessary part of progress?
Sorry, not abandoned at all.
I'll put the profitable results of US research up against the entire world, not just the failure that sits off the coast of Florida.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Oh, so now its not the evil drug companies its a single payer health care system, great, so have you had the opportunity to experience or knowledge as to how these are structured, work, quality of patient care, or maybe why these beneficiaries come to the US for medical treatment? I think not.

You think? You have plenty of options online to learn about national health care. It's coming, bub.

 

[bedway]

Oh, so now its not the evil drug companies its a single payer health care system, great, so have you had the opportunity to experience or knowledge as to how these are structured, work, quality of patient care, or maybe why these beneficiaries come to the US for medical treatment? I think not.

You think? You have plenty of options online to learn about national health care. It's coming, bub.[/QU

Always keep in mind,, theres not much money in curing desease, but billions in treating the symtoms!!!!

 

[bedway]

Always remember theres not much money to be made by curing a desease, but billions to be made in treating the symtoms

 

[ClosedCaption]

Profits are bad. The best new drugs come from unprofitable drug companies.
Look at all the great drugs developed in Cuba and Venezuela.
All drugs should be free.

Did I miss any? LOL!

here you go you ignorant rube

Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States





Bringing Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine to the States

Most people would be quite surprised to learn that there is a vaccine for lung cancer, one which has been proven effective in over 25 years of intense research and several years of clinical use. So why is most of the world only learning about it now? The answer is complicated by back-room dealings in the dark recesses of government, and by the unhealthy influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the availability of life-saving medications.
Cuba has faced many public health issues over the last few decades, one of the gravest being related the country’s most famous export, tobacco. A rise in cases of lung cancer prompted this small nation to develop a drug called CimaVax EGF, which is now one of the most effective medications in existence to treat lung cancer.

Cuba Develops Four Cancer Vaccines, Ignored by the Media

Wow! Cuba has a potential drug? Excellent news!

That makes up for enslaving the island for 50+ years.
Stupid git.

Well, you abandoned your previous point with the quickness. Thats what happens when you speak on shit you know nothing about.

You never said they have to develop a drug that makes up for enslaving anything. Since drugs dont work that way....you're stupid

Well, you abandoned your previous point with the quickness.

The point that profit is a good and necessary part of progress?
Sorry, not abandoned at all.
I'll put the profitable results of US research up against the entire world, not just the failure that sits off the coast of Florida.

Time to play stupid huh? You said Cuba didnt develop drugs then when you were shown you were wrong you changed it into only Cuban drugs has to make up for injustices. The quickest 180 ever seen

 

[Arianrhod]

No more excuses. We have the tools to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Manufactured by Gilead Sciences, not one of the Big Names focused on erectile dysfunction.

 

[saveliberty]

Perhaps a good step is stopping the practice of paying doctors to prescribe a company's drugs?

 

[Arianrhod]

Perhaps a good step is stopping the practice of paying doctors to prescribe a company's drugs?

One of the provisions of the PPACA was to make those figures public:

How Much Are Drug Companies Paying Your Doctor?

As a consequence, Glaxo and a few others got out ahead of it and announced they would no longer be engaging in the practice.