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Old 02-18-2008, 22:42 PM   #23 (permalink)
bonehead
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Shek. If I had to chose I would pick company B as it reminds me most of Microsoft which has done well over the years. There is big risk and thus big returns with company A, but company B is where the steady and less risky income will come from. In my heart I would be pulling for company A however as I prefer to see hard honest work rewarded. In the scenario you described company B looks to be the sure cold hearted bet.

You are correct. I do not think we are looking at the same picture. I am worried about the health of a nation and you are looking at the bottom line of a big company. I do not begrudge any company for its patents and the companies should make a profit from its legitimate R&D. One red flag is why are these companies paying doctors to prescribe their medicine? If they really had the better or best medicine the doctors would be prescribing the meds anyway. My concern is that my healthcare choices are rapidly being reduced to an ever more expensive medicine that, more often than not, causes further problems down the road. I want more choices than just what the american pharmaceutical companies can make money on. As a consumer I demand a choice and these companies are doing everything possible so I have but one choice, take their med or nothing else. The FDA is nothing but a pawn for these companies and the health of the nation is at risk. People are being duped into believing that only a chemical made from a pharmaceutical company can alleviate pain, make you feel better or heal you etc.
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