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2018-06-21 Economy

Our Friends at Big Pharma: Skyrocketing insulin prices provoke new outrage

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-21 07:39|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 That which should be going down in price, is going up. Strange, very strange.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-21 07:42|| 2018-06-21 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 That which should be going down in price, is going up. Strange, very strange.

Strange, indeed. And no generic form of a drug that's been around for a century? Stranger still. Call me whacky, but could there possibly be government regulations distorting the market?

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-21 11:48|| 2018-06-21 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 The free market failed a very long time ago. Investigate the 3 companies for antitrust violations - for starters. Fiddle with the laws on drug patents -- or even just "start a discussion". Ditto with laws on corporate existence vs. the common good. Nothing substantial will be done by our esteemed legislators, of that we can all be sure.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-06-21 12:37|| 2018-06-21 12:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey!
The prices for quality body parts like the pancreas are going up. Insulin can't make itself you know.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-06-21 15:45|| 2018-06-21 15:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I just read they think they discovered a cause of this, the differentiated cells are turning back into non-differentiated cells.

Posted by Clem Kadiddlehopper9000 2018-06-21 18:07|| 2018-06-21 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Manchin's daughter was a major price wh0re for EpiPen

Posted by Frank G 2018-06-21 19:32|| 2018-06-21 19:32|| Front Page Top

#7 the differentiated cells are turning back into non-differentiated cells.

Ok, as long as they don't turn into white cells because that would be totally racist. Yes, cellular racism is a thing now.

As for the EpiPen saga, it's the poster child for pharmaceutical whoredom. If only Stalin knew...

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-21 20:49|| 2018-06-21 20:49|| Front Page Top

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