The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 in India

Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by delbel on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @12:55AM (#10810956)

Another example, $1 cure for lung cancer developed by Cuba with 25+ years of peer reviewed hard science backing it

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2015/09/29/cuba-developed-a-1-lun...

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Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by optimusclimb on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:26AM (#10811038)

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/28/cuba-lung-cancer-vac...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/19/cuba.cancer.vaccine/ind...

> A Phase II trial from 2008 showed lung cancer patients who received the vaccine lived an average of four to six months longer than those who didn’t.

> CimaVax EGF does not prevent or cure lung cancer. It is a therapeutic vaccine which stimulates the patient's body to make an antibody against the epidermal growth factor (EGF), which is a key driver causing lung cancer cells to grow.

Thanks for sharing, I had never heard of this, but to call it a "$1 cure for lung cancer" is a bit misleading.

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Re:The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 i... by jghn on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:13AM (#10811003)

Realize that "lung cancer" is simply an umbrella term for many diseases which can be quite different from each other. So which one does this supposedly cure?

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