Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho...
by denzil_correa on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:30PM
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The grand parent comment does venture in that territory the moment the commentator says this
> And I sure as hell won't trust any mom and pop research about pharmacology.
Regardless of Mom and Pop store investments, the outcome of scientific experiments don't depend on who does the experiments.
Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho...
by alexanderstears on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:19PM
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I'll give the grand parent that benefit of the doubt - pharmacology research is expensive, there's a reason that most of the companies who develop pharmaceuticals have multi-billion dollar market caps.
Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho...
by asdfasfhretwt on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:26PM
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If only there was a way that millions of mops and pops could club together to fund research into areas that might benefit them all...
Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho...
by alexanderstears on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:22PM
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If there were a way we'd surely see them opt-into that arrangement.
Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho...
by asdfasfhretwt on Thursday October 19, 2017 @02:55PM
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Many do via donations to charities.
That's not what the parent comment is arguing. The parent comment points out that research is expensive and not available equally to all groups.
The status of mom and pop doesn't effect the outcome of their research. Mom and pop weighing R&D against making their mortgage that month usually means they don't invest much in research.