Six months until the largest tax hike in history...

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Since the majority of the media is in the hands of the Rupert Murdochs of this world how do you suggest they do that?

What!! You mean we don't have a left-wing biased media?

Regards,

D-Ray

[Combwork]

Quote from article. Brand Name Drug Tax. Starting next year, there will be a multi-billion dollar tax assessment imposed on name-brand drug manufacturers. This tax, like all excise taxes, will raise the price of medicine, hurting everyone.


In the U.K. there's mounting pressure on the health service to reduce costs by buying generic rather than brand name drugs. Is this what your legislation is trying to achieve?

I've seen arguments on both sides.

For. The N.H.S. is the largest single buyer of medical products in the U.K. but despite this, they have failed to get a decent discount from the manufacturers of brand name drugs. So they look for generic drugs.

Against. It's the high cost of brand name drugs that gives the manufacturers enough profit to pay for new research. Cut the profit, you cut the research.

[Charles]

Buy Fish Mox for the infection and whiskey for the pain.

Then tell 'em all to go to hell.

Chas

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Against. It's the high cost of brand name drugs that gives the manufacturers enough profit to pay for new research. Cut the profit, you cut the research.

I see the ancient Greeks were not the only ones to believe in mythology.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Charles

Buy Fish Mox for the infection and whiskey for the pain.

Then tell 'em all to go to hell.

Chas

Rotflmao!!

Pete

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I see the ancient Greeks were not the only ones to believe in mythology.

? I'm not sure about your reference; are you saying the drug companies are not spending their profits on research? I didn't say all profits, but enough to get the next wonder drug to market and sell under the brand name for as long as they can.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Combwork

? I'm not sure about your reference; are you saying the drug companies are not spending their profits on research? I didn't say all profits, but enough to get the next wonder drug to market and sell under the brand name for as long as they can.

It may be different in Britain but in the US the Federal government pays for a lot of it and even does some of it at the National Institutes of Health. Some more of it is done at colleges and universities, also with Federal support. Much of what the pharmaceutical companies do is figuring out how to change one molecule without changing the therapeutic properties of a drug when the patent's about to expire.

John

[merrylander]

What John said plus the vast amount of money they spend on advertisements (how that couple got those two claw foot bathtubs into the wheat field beats me). The only new drug seen of late seem to have to do with ED or enlarged prostate (why do the ads say that women should not take that prostate drug, or has something changed in the female anatomy that I am unaware of.)

Plus all the free samples they hand out to doctors, when Florence's heart specialist changed her BP meds she gave her a 90 days supply, that same supply sells for over $500 (used to be $300 but inflation you know, been pretty bad these last four years.)

In the old days doctors used leeches, now we have drug companies.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by merrylander

In the old days doctors used leeches, now we have drug companies.

Oh Magoo, you've done it again.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

I'd love to see Steve Martin do a commercial for restless leg syndrome.

Pete