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They wouldn't have developed a smallpox vaccine if it didn't affect rich people.

• mikeyouse 11y ago
  That's just not true.. There are numerous diseases which only affect the most poor and downtrodden citizens that are being worked on by thousands of 'first world' scientists.
  • peteretep 11y ago
    With the obvious axioms that anyone with 1st world single-payer insurance behind them, or, say, the Gates foundation, isn't poor, could you give some examples?
    • mikeyouse 11y ago
      The Perlstein Lab is a Public Benefit Corporation in the Bay Area looking for lysosomal deficiency drug candidates. A ton of research scientists are working on obscure diseases at university. Basically the whole Orphan Drug market; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_drug https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_drug
      • peteretep 11y ago
        From the article you linked: > Moreover, we suggest that orphan drugs have greater > profitability when considered in the full context of > developmental drivers including government financial > incentives, smaller clinical trial sizes, shorter > clinical trial times and higher rates of regulatory > success
        • mikeyouse 11y ago
          The original statement was that we don't develop treatments for diseases unless they affect rich people, the existence of orphan drug markets and regulations is evidence that we do develop these treatments.