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The key wording here is: " [this] will be something that people take every day for the rest of their life," That means a large amount of research dollars can b
by netik 12y ago
The key wording here is: " [this] will be something that people take every day for the rest of their life,"
That means a large amount of research dollars can be dumped into a product with recurring revenue. They never actually want a cure to be found.
- jpmattia 12y agoSure there are people who want a cure to be found. The problem (and not just for ear-related diseases): When you're a VP of Research and you are allotting the research budget or acquisition budget, do you go with prospect of a single pill cure or the lifelong treatment? The ROI on those two cases are likely very different.
- colanderman 12y agoI read a few months ago about stem cells being used somehow to regrow cochlear hairs in adults with tinnitus. Here's hoping that permanent cure becomes a reality before the subscription-based model does. http://hearinghealthfoundation.org/cure_for_tinnitus http://hearinghealthfoundation.org/cure_for_tinnitus
- refurb 12y agoThey never actually want a cure to be found. Excuse me, but bullshit. Yes you can have reoccurring revenue by creating a chronic treatment, but don't forget you can charge a lot more for a cure. Just look at what kind of money is being made in hepatitis C.