Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by dannyw on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:51PM
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I don't know. We see pharma companies killing one-time cures to not cannibalise recurring treatments, even if another company makes the recurring treatments.
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Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by refurb on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:44AM
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Yet one of the biggest selling products ever was a cure for hepatitis C.
Pharma hiding cures is internet BS.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by teekert on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:03AM
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I believe so too, it would also simply require too many good people in labs all around te world to not say anything about it. I find that highly unlikely.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by mandmandam on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:18AM
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Try looking up how many whistleblowers are out there that you've never heard of.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by preciz on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:46AM
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That is one example that was interpreted by you to be valid for all other cases?
Seeing your other comments I think you highly trust the medical system.
Never trust blindly my friend.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by refurb on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @06:53AM
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Please give an example of a cure that has been hidden by pharma. I'm all ears.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by happyconcepts on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:53AM
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Yet I cannot afford the USD $200,000 price tag for Gilead's cure.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by mjewkes on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:21PM
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Where have we seen this? Genuine question.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by ArkanExplorer on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:56AM
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Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by Joeri on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:50AM
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Not exactly an example, but the pharma industry has shown a complete lack of interest in pursuing phage therapy, even though it could help solve the problem of antibiotic resistance, because phages cannot be patented.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by samat on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @02:01AM
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I’ve heard phage therapy is very individual and cannot be scaled as a reason for slow adoption.
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by jtsiskin on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:23AM
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I don’t have a specific example of openly stopping production of a cure, but it’s hard to imagine that research isn’t shaped by this profit drive:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patie...
If the profit incentive was removed (let’s say government paid same flat rate for a lifetime supply of treatment, whether it be a cure or a reoccurring pill) I have no doubt more cures would be discovered
Re:Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to toot...
by 0-_-0 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:15AM
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Anecdotal, but I heard it from a reasearcher working in pharma that the company stopped developing a drug that cured some condition that another branch of the company had a treatment for.