DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About

**Grennios** · 08-21-2006, 08:00 AM

You cannot deny that Drug Companies have at times unscrupulous business practices, like all corporations.

This is so disturbing for most people because they feel that drug companies should be selfless and serve the greater good. A noble sentiment but not a realistic one.

I have no problem with a company making a profit but when it equates to thousands of lives endangered/ended just to squeeze a little bit more out of the market - It is disgusting.

So do you feel that all drug companies are only out to make a profit and NOT try to create drugs that will improve people's lives? Bottom line is that drugs aren't cheap to produce. They take dozens of possible compounds they could use, run countless tests, whittle it down to a few, run more vigorous tests, narrow it to two or three, run even more tests, and then submit just one or two compounds to the FDA for approval. This costs millions of dollars, all to make sure the drug is safe. To me, that is serving the greater good. Searching for new, better, and safer drugs so that we can stay healthy. I the past 50 years, when have there been proven incidents of unscrupulous business practices done by the pharmaceutical industry? I'm sure there have been some, but I'm just asking for you to name them specifically. If you're going to gripe about the use of animals for drug testing, then that's a moot point. Why? Because the drugs need to be tested to see how they affect a living organism. It's not like they get their heads smashed in with a hammer and then have their organs harvested. If not on animals then what? Are you going to suggest we test these drugs immediately on humans? Of course not! The tests conducted on animals allows for drug companies to make sure they're only working with a compound that is suitable to be considered for approval. Saying that all of the pharmaceutical industry is "evil" and "unscrupulous" is to make a sweeping generalization and focusing on small pieces of information to suit your own ends.

08-21-2006, 08:00 AM	#30
Grennios Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 522 Senior Member	You cannot deny that Drug Companies have at times unscrupulous business practices, like all corporations. This is so disturbing for most people because they feel that drug companies should be selfless and serve the greater good. A noble sentiment but not a realistic one. I have no problem with a company making a profit but when it equates to thousands of lives endangered/ended just to squeeze a little bit more out of the market - It is disgusting. So do you feel that all drug companies are only out to make a profit and NOT try to create drugs that will improve people's lives? Bottom line is that drugs aren't cheap to produce. They take dozens of possible compounds they could use, run countless tests, whittle it down to a few, run more vigorous tests, narrow it to two or three, run even more tests, and then submit just one or two compounds to the FDA for approval. This costs millions of dollars, all to make sure the drug is safe. To me, that is serving the greater good. Searching for new, better, and safer drugs so that we can stay healthy. I the past 50 years, when have there been proven incidents of unscrupulous business practices done by the pharmaceutical industry? I'm sure there have been some, but I'm just asking for you to name them specifically. If you're going to gripe about the use of animals for drug testing, then that's a moot point. Why? Because the drugs need to be tested to see how they affect a living organism. It's not like they get their heads smashed in with a hammer and then have their organs harvested. If not on animals then what? Are you going to suggest we test these drugs immediately on humans? Of course not! The tests conducted on animals allows for drug companies to make sure they're only working with a compound that is suitable to be considered for approval. Saying that all of the pharmaceutical industry is "evil" and "unscrupulous" is to make a sweeping generalization and focusing on small pieces of information to suit your own ends.
	Quote