[extropy-chat] The Hidden Luddite was Re: peak oil debate

[Lifespan Pharma Inc.]

The profit per product is based upon the willingness and ability of the 
patient or the HMO to pay.

So one would have to research the willingness of the bulk clients HMO's 
and National health plans
to pay before deciding which is more profitable to develop or market on 
a  specific product
by product basis ...

It is not quite as simple as make it then sell it as I see it.

Gary Miller wrote:

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>Actually a vaccine that prevents the disease in the first place would be the
>bigger money maker and result in the least risk of the disease continuing
>it's spread.
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>In that way you don't limit your customers to those who already have the
>disease but rather a much larger group of the general population that would
>have reason to fear accidently contracting the disease.
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>More importantly the larger potential earnings serves as a larger financial
>incentive to the drug companies to perform research.
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>Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:12 PM
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>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] The Hidden Luddite was Re: peak oil debate
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>On 9/7/05, Lifespan Pharma Inc. wrote:
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>> Similar with some disease drug development, you want to treat the 
>>disease so it does not kill but your efforts to  simply give a one 
>>time treatment that forever cures and eliminates the long term market 
>>for a treatment that  curbs but does not quickly cure has market 
>>disincentives built in.
>>Investors won't spend 300 million to for example  cure diabetes with a 
>>one time treatment when a drug that emeliorates 90% of the damage 
>>without reversing  the disease is a wonderful investment.
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>> Wish human nature was more ethical but I really think money takes 
>>precedant over ethics in the marketplace which  by its basic nature is 
>>sociopathic and not socialistic.
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