Big-Bucks Biology's Broken Business Model

Every country has some form of citizen protection for drug or device allowances by their government.  The FDA in the US is undergoing reforms, however, to take them out of the equation would be a disaster.  If you want to "fix" something at the FDA, you could become a US citizen and get involved with Faster Cures. 

DJ:  Would you honestly propose to take your Health Canada down for the betterment of it's citizens and create a political movement to do so for unregulated medicine?     

Geeta has never applied to the FDA for a human trial in the USA.  In order to do that, she'd have to disclose what types of cells she's injecting into humans which she refuses to do.  One would have no idea if the cells are causing tumors and other problems. She hasn't even run a clinical trial in her own country.  

There are several countries with near non-existent oversight that already go unchecked.  They're virtually drug free zones.  There's not much anyone can do for people when they return to the US and have their life savings cleaned out and they're suffering neurological losses. The very doctors that are dealing with sick patients that have visited these drug free zones are the ones that will never allow this to happen in the USA.  Human testing already takes place in the US under controlled conditions called IRB at specific research focused hospitals such as Cleveland Clinic.

I highly doubt that creating a drug free zone in the US would be beneficial for anyone wanting to have magical potions pumped into them. These doctors take their magic potions overseas. Doctors and research scientists do believe in "DO NO HARM" so it's simply not going to happen in the USA in the coming decades.  So yes, in my opinion it is fanatical hysteria over nothing and I simply wouldn't waste my time trying to create a new world order for such a thing.         

Jan 7, 2014 10:52:22 GMT -8 Lαrα said:

paolo...is the issue the model or is it human nature and greed/manipulation? Im not certain that if a better business model was presented the same problems would inevitably occur.

When i have been in discussion before i have been advised that the monies are there for research to ultimately find a cure but the science has not been found yet.

We need a governing body to oversee the governing body lol

We do need better management of research. In addition to what I have already reported about Ampyra, I would also like to point out that this drug is not a cure and does not stop the further degeneration associated with MS. It was already tried for spinal cord injury without success. And, yet there are even more trials going on with this drug. One trial is being paid for by the Dept. of Education.

Those lobbyists are worth their weight in gold

My point is that there are some other possible treatments that should be moved ahead of any further trials on Ampyra.

Fixed the quote delboy

Thankyou paolo for the reply and information I am going to take a good read of it (and the links) in the morning when my brain functions better...as its getting on to midnight here.

Clarity will then avoid confusion