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Read between the lines on the FDA's CAM Guidelines Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is entirely consistent with the agency's past behavior to believe it will continue to march towards banning, censoring or regulating out of existence any substance that competes with pharmaceutical profits. The CAM Guidelines spell it all out, plain as day. Reading between the lines on this one isn't even very difficult. And I dare say that only a fool would believe the FDA feels any obligation whatsoever towards protecting the health of the public. It's the same story with the Reagan-Udall Foundation Also recently passed by the U.S.

Breakthrough honeybee drugs to treat Colony Collapse Disorder (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Insects appear to be the next great frontier in pharmaceutical profits," proclaimed one press release sent out by the PHARMA trade group. "We see huge market opportunites in honeybees, spiders, ants and bed mites. Of course, we will also pursue new opportunities for drugging human infants and newborns, but the real growth in selling drugs will be found in turning insects into patients," the press release reported. All that remains is convincing the public that bees actually have mental health diseases requiring chemical treatment.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Funding would in part come from a surtax charged against pharmaceutical profits. • Any tax-supported research at state or federally funded facilities resulting in a patent would result in funds for future research through licensing revenues. (No benefit to the tax-funded employee.) Revisiting the 1930s in Germany Pharmaceuticals, like all corporations want to have all the benefits of "personhood" while seeking freedom from all liability. Besides pursuing ever-increasing profits, they want to control our citizens and our government.

The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers Katharine Greider See book keywords and concepts

It is absurd that Americans must pay twice for lifesaving drugs, first as taxpayers to develop the drug and then as consumers to pad pharmaceutical profits," says Sanders. Uncle Sam more or less encourages university researchers and drug companies to take the money and run. Twenty years ago, the government owned the rights to research conducted under its grants, but 1980s legislation aimed at commercializing scientific research changed all that, giving government grantees the right to patent and sell their work.

In response to these much-cited Fortune 500 data, drug-industry reps tend to cite the work of various economists who believe the numbers exaggerate the extent to which pharmaceutical profits dwarf those of other industries. As Princeton University economist Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., explains, grocery stores can earn relatively handsome returns on their total assets by earning profit margins of only a few pennies per dollar of sales.

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It Marcia Angell, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Prices need to be regulated in some way to make them generally affordable. pharmaceutical profits could still be very high, even with significantly lower prices, especially if marketing expenditures were greatly reduced. Since the biggest single purchaser of prescription drugs is the government, it could negotiate or regulate prices on behalf of everyone, much as the governments of other advanced countries do. For people who are too poor to afford needed drugs, there could be subsidies, but prices should not vary, only the payer.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

However, due to its low cost, which threatens pharmaceutical profits, as well as its divergence from conventional medical theory, homeopathy has been continually attacked by the medical establishment. Nonetheless, homeopathy is practiced around the world, with an estimated 500 million people receiving homeopathic treatment. The World Health Organization has cited homeopathy as one of the systems of traditional medicine that should be integrated worldwide with conventional medicine in order to provide adequate global health care in the 21st century.

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