Have You Never Thought?

Copied from Justice Publications.

We understand that this has been rejected by OEN, so this gives you an idea of the stature of both it and OEN.

Would you say that the most rational thing in the world would be to acquire a substance that is physically injurious for your health and that of those around you, to put said material in a tube, stick said tube in your face, set fire to it and inhale its provably noxious fumes into your very lungs? Was that, No? Not even when 'they' make it so easy for you to acquire and set it afire by the mere exchange of some trivial metal or paper they have given you in exchange for a little of your time and sweat? No?

Yet a mere forty or fifty years ago it was the most natural thing in the world to do and to expect others to do. So much so that you were considered a trifle 'odd' and even 'suspect' if you did not.

Then why was that?

What Don’t We Know About the Pharmaceutical Industry? A Freakonomics Quorum

By Stephen J. Dubner

This blog has regularly featured items on the pharmaceutical industry, including posts here, here, and here.

It was this post in particular, highlighting an interview with the CEO of Genentech, that made me want to post a quorum on the subject. So we’ve gathered up some willing and able candidates — Dr. Stuart Apfel, Zola P. Horovitz, Dr. Harlan Krumholz, Ray Moynihan, and Dr. Cyril Wolf — and asked them the following question:

What’s something that most people don’t know, pro or con, about the pharmaceutical business, whether from an R&D, economic, or political perspective?

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