(January 15, 2016 at 12:49 am)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Big pharma being what they are is the reason I think we'll never see a cure for cancer. A very effective, and equally expensive, (unless you get your meds from Mexico) treatment that controls it? Sure. But, not a cure. There's far more profit to be had treating an ongoing condition than there is in curing a condition.
I hear this argument a lot.
I have worked for Big Pharma my entire career. Scientists get cancer, too, and have families who do. We aren't fucking monsters.
the word "cancer" encompasses a huge variety of diseases with many different and disparate causes. We will find the keys to cancers one by one.
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