Big Pharma claims to be concerned about our health. However, it is interesting to note the results of the Orphan Drug Act. In the decade prior to 1983 only ten drugs and biological products for rare diseases and cancers were brought to the market by the pharmaceutical companies. Orphan or rare diseases includeBalo disease, mesothelioma, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, and muscular dystrophy. In the two decades since its enactment, over 200 drugs have been approved for conditions that the afflict fewer than 200,000 patients.
The term "PR" means something completely different to a medical doctor!
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." -Benjamin Franklin.
"It takes a wise doctor to know when not to prescribe."
- Gracian.
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