tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post7438408827568469806..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: How pharma firms jack your bills up through payoffs to would-be competitorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1775602756809082042013-03-11T15:31:59.753-07:002013-03-11T15:31:59.753-07:00>jobs which Americans just won't do anymore...>jobs which Americans just won't do anymore?<br /><br />Too much physical labor?<br /><br />Too low-tech?<br /><br />Too passe?<br /><br />Too demeaning?<<br /><br />You omitted to mention "too low-pay."<br /><br />Eight bucks per hour would just cover my gas plus a micro bag of chips. If that's all the available "jobs" pay, then it makes more sense to stay home and cook meth and/or chop cars.Davidhttp://david-passingparade2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49032814982574333002013-03-09T06:32:04.349-08:002013-03-09T06:32:04.349-08:00I'd like to see proof of payoffs made by Big P...I'd like to see proof of payoffs made by Big Pharma to the Religious Right. "Nuke the potheads for Generalissimo Jesus" bumper stickers, and the like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91701030989702769372013-03-08T15:57:45.122-08:002013-03-08T15:57:45.122-08:00How is this practice, at its root, not a form of &...How is this practice, at its root, not a form of "price fixing"?<br /><br />-Cloudswrest<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76115640246726158422013-03-08T07:58:54.446-08:002013-03-08T07:58:54.446-08:00So we can save the budget by just letting entitlem...So we can save the budget by just letting entitlements go generic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17667043391440760212013-03-08T07:51:30.329-08:002013-03-08T07:51:30.329-08:00My girlfriend's roommate works in BigLaw, ofte...My girlfriend's roommate works in BigLaw, often representing Big Pharma. For one case, the firm was trying to get an injunction against a generic drug. It was so profitable that if they succeeded in delaying the entry of the generic drug into the market for even one day, it would pay for all of the legal fees.DPGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70294166979137224312013-03-08T06:29:46.715-08:002013-03-08T06:29:46.715-08:00Ranbaxy of India had a two year right to be the on...<i>Ranbaxy of India had a two year right to be the only generic manufacturer of gigadrug Lipitor, but agreed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer" rel="nofollow"><b>Pfizer</b></a> to delay introducing a generic version. Then when they did introduce a generic, it had to be recalled for having glass particles in the pills!</i> <br /><br />So the manufacture of pharmaceuticals constitutes yet another category of jobs which Americans just won't do anymore?<br /><br />Too much physical labor?<br /><br />Too low-tech?<br /><br />Too passe?<br /><br />Too demeaning?<br /><br /><br />PS: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra_Tractors" rel="nofollow"><b>Mahindra</b></a> has started advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show - at least out here in flyover country.<br /><br />Cue <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere_(inventor)" rel="nofollow"><b>John Deere</b></a> rolling over in his grave...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1324156541621025942013-03-08T05:04:06.741-08:002013-03-08T05:04:06.741-08:00How can a company have exclusive rights to manufac...How can a company have exclusive rights to manufacture a supposedly "generic" dug? Isn't this a contradiction in terms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63308722105841448492013-03-08T04:22:03.817-08:002013-03-08T04:22:03.817-08:00How can a company have exclusive rights to be the ...How can a company have exclusive rights to be the manufacturer of a "generic" drug? Isn't that a paradox?<br />--OllieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81196255830738714152013-03-07T22:45:32.988-08:002013-03-07T22:45:32.988-08:00Have you considered that Sullivan started on T for...Have you considered that Sullivan started on T for legitimate medical reasons relating to his HIV status?<br /><br />Common realities of HIV+ life, some things shrink, ya know. Jus sayin.<br /><br />KarlKarlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59991506602532556492013-03-07T20:58:44.169-08:002013-03-07T20:58:44.169-08:00I have read, but not checked, that big pharma was ...I have read, but not checked, that big pharma was responsible for writing much of obamacare. <br /><br />If this is true, we can expect much less access to generics in the future.wrennoreply@blogger.com