A Useful Blog About The Drug Industry
I came across an informative blog, drugindustry.co.uk, that commented on Bill Frist's "solution" to the avian flu crisis: Immunize vaccine manufacturers from suit.
"The premise behind the liability shield is familiar, even plausible: American drugmakers have been pulling out of the vaccine business for the last 20 years, and fear of lawsuits must be one reason. But that argument falls apart on close examination. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found only 10 lawsuits in the last 20 years over flu vaccines; the authors have concluded that drug companies withdrew from the vaccine business mainly because of low-profit margins and unpredictable demand."
Good to know Dr. Frist, as always, puts profits before patients. (Do you have any idea how happy I'll be if that Hippocratic hypocrite is indicted by the SEC?)
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