pharmaceutical maffia. ( Archived) (13)

Jan 11, 2019 12:19 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
PeKaatje
PeKaatjePeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands59 Threads 3 Polls 6,334 Posts
The pharmacy industries is a big maffia family.
This week on the news I heard a hospital in Rotterdam, the Erasmus universal medical centre, had made a good medicine against cancer, and they could give it to patients for about 6000 per capsule.
Now they sold it to a suisse pharmacy and now the same capsule must cost 24000 euro.
The healthinsurances in my country refuse to pay that much, and they are right.
It's the same old story every time and it has to stop.
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Jan 11, 2019 12:20 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
PeKaatje
PeKaatjePeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands59 Threads 3 Polls 6,334 Posts
Oops, see I made a mistake the capsules were 4000 euro in stead of 6000, and now they are six times as expensive.
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Jan 21, 2019 12:56 AM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
PeKaatje: Oops, see I made a mistake the capsules were 4000 euro in stead of 6000, and now they are six times as expensive.
In U.S. its the same, top doctors are saying some new drugs are a rip off. Beware of copay and fine print. Many doctors try to act like they have nothing to do with price . For years weve had fradulent research claims about many new drugs and government does nothing.
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Jan 21, 2019 7:07 AM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
rizlared
rizlaredrizlaredNot in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines89 Threads 2 Polls 5,588 Posts
raphael119: In U.S. its the same, top doctors are saying some new drugs are a rip off. Beware of copay and fine print. Many doctors try to act like they have nothing to do with price . For years weve had fradulent research claims about many new drugs and government does nothing.
Strange that the biggest pharmaceutical companies are financial supporters of the Republican party, Also that Obamacare, if it had been allowed, would have effectively stopped the huge mark ups.
The blame lies squarely on Republicans shoulders. But the thruth won't be believed.
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Jan 21, 2019 7:09 AM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
rizlared
rizlaredrizlaredNot in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines89 Threads 2 Polls 5,588 Posts
rizlared: Strange that the biggest pharmaceutical companies are financial supporters of the Republican party, Also that Obamacare, if it had been allowed, would have effectively stopped the huge mark ups.
The blame lies squarely on Republicans shoulders. But the thruth truth won't be believed.
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Jan 21, 2019 7:21 AM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
reb56
reb56reb56carthage, Missouri USA55 Polls 8,629 Posts
rizlared: Strange that the biggest pharmaceutical companies are financial supporters of the Republican party, Also that Obamacare, if it had been allowed, would have effectively stopped the huge mark ups.
The blame lies squarely on Republicans shoulders. But the thruth won't be believed.
cory booker n the dems are on the payroll trump made meds cheaper.
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Jan 21, 2019 9:11 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
maybe some pills would help the environment?dunno
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Jan 21, 2019 9:13 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
reb56: cory booker n the dems are on the payroll trump made meds cheaper.
not your kinda drugs reb. !! laugh
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Jan 21, 2019 9:54 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
galrads
galradsgalradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 Posts
raphael119: maybe some pills would help the environment?
Yeah, the Democrats who ruined the EPA with extreme regulation without being science based could probably use some.
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Jan 21, 2019 11:07 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
galrads: Yeah, the Democrats who ruined the EPA with extreme regulation without being science based could probably use some.
NO WAY !!!! CORPORATE PAY TO PLAY IS HOT AND HEAVY IN TRUMPS EPA!!!!!!
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Jan 23, 2019 4:13 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
Tuesday2018
Tuesday2018Tuesday2018mayo, Mayo Ireland1 Threads 230 Posts
PeKaatje: The pharmacy industries is a big maffia family.
This week on the news I heard a hospital in Rotterdam, the Erasmus universal medical centre, had made a good medicine against cancer, and they could give it to patients for about 6000 per capsule.
Now they sold it to a suisse pharmacy and now the same capsule must cost 24000 euro.
The healthinsurances in my country refuse to pay that much, and they are right.
It's the same old story every time and it has to stop.
There's no profits to be made in finding a cure...so they never will..but there's loaaaaads of money to be made from the various medications and treatments that patients need, that can go on for a lifetime...so they'll pump out the treatments, get them patented, and charge a fortune for them....for as long as people are willing to put up with it...no point asking the politicians to change it ether...if they tried the lobbyists would hang them out to dry...

Patents are a scourge on progress too. If all discoveries were open sourced we'd probably be hundreds of years ahead by now....capitalism has a lot to answer for...
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Jan 24, 2019 3:42 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
....i thought europe had free health care......4000 euros for a single pill is absurd....never mind the 24000..........
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Jan 24, 2019 8:45 PM CST pharmaceutical maffia.
PeKaatje
PeKaatjePeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands59 Threads 3 Polls 6,334 Posts
Free? I'm paying about 10% of my salary for my health insurance, I'm forced by the government to have this insurance. And then I still got an own risk of about 400 euro's.

But all the fugitives living here get it for free, we have to pay for them also...

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