[SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn (fair drug prices)

[Ken Hansen]

First off, this is *hardly* on-topic, but what is?

The 10% of Ugandians that are HIV positive need the drug no mater what the price is (fair or unfair).

That they can not afford, and subsequently will not recieve the drug is a bad thing.

The *evil* drug companies that invested *hundreds* of Millions of dollars in developing these drugs deserve to be recompensed for their risk and efforts.

You do understand the cost of the medicine exceed the fractional penny it costs to put the compund in tablet form, right? I assumed you did.

You are also aware that several drug companies have decided to provide heavily subsidised AIDS treatments to Africa and other parts of the world devastated by AIDS?

Ken

Message: 6
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 00:41:52 +0200
From: Stefan Skoglund <stetson at ebox.tninet.se>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Americans aren't wasteful, we produce a lot of the things the world
> needs, and then rips off from us (like drugs that cost $100 million to
> develop, then some Indian company produces it for 50 cents a pill and

What kind of drugs are you thinking of per-chance ??
AIDS suppression drugs maybe ??
Or malaria pills ??

Remember that a number of countries in Africa is really exposed to AIDS.

10 % percents of Ungandians is HIV positive and if they dont get access
to drugs at a fair price there economy will crash because well not
enough
people will produce enough cloth or for that thing enough FOOD !!

The current prices on AIDS medicines is obscene and nothing ELSE because
thoose who needs it the most can't pay the asking price.

It is capitalism at its worst !