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I think making cheap drugs widely available is a way for China and India to improve their soft power in a way that the west can't really match. However, they f
by narrator 11y ago
I think making cheap drugs widely available is a way for China and India to improve their soft power in a way that the west can't really match. However, they first need to find a way to counteract the safety fear-mongering with regards to drugs produced outside of western countries.
- lloyd-christmas 11y agoTo be fair, China produced toxic drywall. For my epilepsy, I'm happy paying $1k for drugs produced in the US compared to $10 in China. Even countries like Japan can barely manage human trials. My father is an oncology physician/researcher/consultant. He goes there yearly to tell them to stop chopping out every prostate that walks through their doors.
- calvinbhai 11y agoWest can match, only if it gets out of the clutches of the health insurance industry. Doctors hate health insurance companies Patients hate health insurance companies only ones to love health insurance companies, are their share holders.