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I mean the government probably made it illegal to investigate this thanks to the war on drugs, so we can’t put all the blame on pharma.

LanzVonL 3y ago
Big pharma is the government.
- pipeline_peak 3y ago
  So Purdue, Lily, Pfizer, and the German historical Bayer are of the US government?
  - LanzVonL 3y ago
    Of course. And Epstein, Maxwell, you name it. The US government is about power and influence, not chains of command and technical appointments and elections. You should have learned this by now.
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  - ericmcer 3y ago
    50% of the Food and drug administrations funding comes from pharmaceutical companies. So yeah big pharma runs our government regulatory agencies.
    - pipeline_peak 3y ago
      Source please
    - refurb 3y ago
      That's because it's based on user fees. If you want a drug approved, you need to pay to have it reviewed. Next you'll be telling me that car owners run the DMV.
      - ericmcer 3y ago
        If Ford and a few other large car manufacturers accounted for 50% of DMV funding you don’t think that could lead to conflicts of interest?
  - FactKnower69 3y ago
    The pharma industry spends more money lobbying US politicians than any other, almost twice as much as the next largest spender; 64% of pharma lobbyists are former government employees https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries
varispeed 3y ago
Governments are made of people. People who like money and are more loyal to money than the voters. Voter can't buy politician a nice beach front property or placement at prestigious school for children. Big pharma can do that easily. They just need to make enough theatre for general public to believe they serve them and just let that cash roll in, while they make lives of millions a misery.
- TaylorAlexander 3y ago
  I’m no fan of big pharma I’m just saying the government had a big role in fighting against research in to these drugs. I don’t know if lobbying would have been successful against Reagan or Bush for example.

LanzVonL 3y ago

Big pharma is the government.

pipeline_peak 3y ago
So Purdue, Lily, Pfizer, and the German historical Bayer are of the US government?
- LanzVonL 3y ago
  Of course. And Epstein, Maxwell, you name it. The US government is about power and influence, not chains of command and technical appointments and elections. You should have learned this by now.
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- ericmcer 3y ago
  50% of the Food and drug administrations funding comes from pharmaceutical companies. So yeah big pharma runs our government regulatory agencies.
  - pipeline_peak 3y ago
    Source please
  - refurb 3y ago
    That's because it's based on user fees. If you want a drug approved, you need to pay to have it reviewed. Next you'll be telling me that car owners run the DMV.
    - ericmcer 3y ago
      If Ford and a few other large car manufacturers accounted for 50% of DMV funding you don’t think that could lead to conflicts of interest?
- FactKnower69 3y ago
  The pharma industry spends more money lobbying US politicians than any other, almost twice as much as the next largest spender; 64% of pharma lobbyists are former government employees https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries

varispeed 3y ago

Governments are made of people. People who like money and are more loyal to money than the voters. Voter can't buy politician a nice beach front property or placement at prestigious school for children. Big pharma can do that easily. They just need to make enough theatre for general public to believe they serve them and just let that cash roll in, while they make lives of millions a misery.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago
I’m no fan of big pharma I’m just saying the government had a big role in fighting against research in to these drugs. I don’t know if lobbying would have been successful against Reagan or Bush for example.