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**Hosakawa Tito** · 02-09-2005, 22:25

Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax

What's the first most regulated industry on Earth?

In the US, I would say the firearms industry.

**Mount Suribachi** · 02-09-2005, 23:06

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

In the US, I would say the firearms industry.

GAH!

I spit on your puny firearms regulations!

GAH!

(but lets not go into another arms control debate, eh?)

Its the US Food and Drug Administration that drives the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry - its by far the biggest market in the world and if you wanna sell your stuff there, you gotta meet the FDA's standards. As far as the pharmaceutical industry is concerned, God sits at the feet of the FDA.

**SwordsMaster** · 02-09-2005, 23:16

As far as the pharmaceutical industry is concerned, God sits at the feet of the FDA.

I read somewhere, that there have been no new antibiotics developed since 1980s, while the amount of microbia-bacteria related diseases keeps raising. They say now that even stomach cancer and some ulceras are bacterias´fault.....

Is the research really oriented in some other direction?

Please note, Im not critizising or trying to raise a debate, just curiosity. I´m somewhat of a chemist too....

**Mount Suribachi** · 02-10-2005, 11:00

Originally Posted by SwordsMaster

I read somewhere, that there have been no new antibiotics developed since 1980s, while the amount of microbia-bacteria related diseases keeps raising. They say now that even stomach cancer and some ulceras are bacterias´fault.....

Is the research really oriented in some other direction?

Please note, Im not critizising or trying to raise a debate, just curiosity. I´m somewhat of a chemist too....

Hmm, well antiobiotics isn't really my companies field, we're more into cancer and heart disease, but it was for one of my former employers

I remember talking to some GPs a few years back and they were saying a lot of the problem is that antibiotics are so prevalent today and that many bacteria are now resistant to antibiotics - my job at the time was to test the level of antibiotics in chicken feed and they were telling me off for getting the things in the food chain at the beginning. And of course you have GPs prescribing antibiotics for patients who have viruses just to shut them up, which doesn't help either. As for research into anti-biotics, dunno, can't help you there.

**Tribesman** · 02-10-2005, 19:59

My posts will last as long as the pyramids they will.
Not quite Beirut , depending on the chemical balance in the soil they will start to deteriorate after roughly 26years .

BTW you could use your chainsaws on some stonework , but it can be very dangerous .

**The_Emperor** · 02-10-2005, 20:21

IT Admin. overworked & underpaid... Yet I enjoy my job... (well most of the time

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**Komutan** · 02-14-2005, 19:25

Electronics student. I am trying to graduate in 2006...

**Hosakawa Tito** · 02-10-2005, 00:10

Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi

GAH!

I spit on your puny firearms regulations!

GAH!

(but lets not go into another arms control debate, eh?)

Its the US Food and Drug Administration that drives the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry - its by far the biggest market in the world and if you wanna sell your stuff there, you gotta meet the FDA's standards. As far as the pharmaceutical industry is concerned, God sits at the feet of the FDA.

The ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) and each states laws, about 20,000 some statutes, beg to differ.