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Do they really think if there was even a small chance that a daily pill for longevity and cancer prevention actually worked the drug companies wouldn't be all o
by JauntTrooper 8y ago
Do they really think if there was even a small chance that a daily pill for longevity and cancer prevention actually worked the drug companies wouldn't be all over it? It would be the biggest discovery since antibiotics.
- camgunz 8y agoThere's a very real debate among health providers and pharmaceutical companies about if there's a business case for "curing" conditions. A classic product tier would be something like "$50/mo. to treat symptoms, $5,000 one time to cure", but the societal outcry would be enormous if put in those relatively unambiguous terms. As a result you get situations where investments into cures are dwarfed by investments into tweaking an existing drug just enough to get another patent, or what have you. Or put another way, there's a lot of money in aging and cancer.