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    Default Re: Quite possible the largest alternative health scam ever.

    Companies make things to make a profit? Say it ain't true!!!!

    Ever bought a graphics card or a CPU? They sell the same thing at different price points, often by crippling functions on the cheaper models! And they try hard to stop people turning on the features - back in the day one could use a graphite pencil to alter it - no more!

    Cars have engines which have been "tuned" differently for different price points - paying hundreds more for a small code!

    Any more examples of companies doing despicable things to make money?

    The rules on registering a new chemical entity or biological get stricter - often by the year. And guess what? This costs a load of money. Which is increasingly difficult to get back, because governments have made making copies a lot easier with special new legislation on both biosimilars and generics!

    Doctors also are very happy to use off lisence - although technically illegal and unethical as it is untested. But if there's money to be saved, why worry? Sure, the drug with an indication spent tens of millions to get that - but the price is higher for reasons we don't care about so we'll use the cheap stuff.

    And can you believe it? There is less R&D done in the West than there used to be! Just because the cost of development has increased, interactions with clinicians is stricter by the year and there are pressures on pricing they go and do their work elsewhere...

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