Prescription drugs have killed a lot of people from Elvis to Rory Gallagher.after reading this thread i'm going to stop worrying over my intake which I won't detail as it's so insignificant, government backed drugs were always thought dodgy by quite a lot of people I've known.............
Ironic that Rory who didn't take 'rock n roll' drugs died from prescribed drugs and Keith Richards who swallowed, snorted and injected the whole bag of tricks is still onstage at 74, kind of makes you wonder eh ?
None. If you consider that over half of the population in England /Wales don’t pay for prescriptions (as well as no one in hospitals and no one in Scotland ) and many (especially newer) drugs cost far more than £9Amitriptyline costs about 50p a packet where you still pay nearly £9 for the prescription. Think of all the profit on that.
unless you get a pre~payment card which is about £100 for the year, no doubt there will still be a profit in it !Amitriptyline costs about 50p a packet where you still pay nearly £9 for the prescription. Think of all the profit on that.
Profit for whom? See above
the drug manufacturing companies I would have thought.....Profit for whom? See above
Is that wrong given the development costs and costs of ongoing development of new treatments?the drug manufacturing companies I would have thought.....
no it's not wrong, but there is some controversy over the amount of profit and the way some companies have controlled patents and therefore effectively withheld treatment ........(isn't this going onto another topic now ?)
What controversy, which companies and products specifically? Preferably without quoting the Daily Wail or other 'newspapers'. I'm interested.no it's not wrong, but there is some controversy over the amount of profit and the way some companies have controlled patents and therefore effectively withheld treatment ........(isn't this going onto another topic now ?)
my answer was after a quick google,it's not like i'm well versed in this subject just a hunch from a memory, but i'm not far off, hope suggesting doing a search yourself is not dodging the question too much it's just a big subject to summarise quickly, try 'drug company profits' or similar, Pfizer got pulled up in 2014 for 42% profit, which is an American company and compared to European companies in general rack up higher profit margins, and others for holding patents back from generic production for cancer drugs and aids drugs, the cost is explained by research costs, and that only 3 out of 10 new drugs are profitable, even so hanging on to the patent for just another month can be very profitable in some cases , apparently...
Profit for whom? See above
