Posted by McPac on June 20, 2003, at 0:25:26
In reply to McPac...., posted by Caleb462 on June 19, 2003, at 22:51:59
What's up Brother Caleb!
Don't get me wrong... I hate the pharm. companies just as much as you, but I think you should read Jack's original post again. Reboxetine was developed by, you guessed it... a pharmaceutical company.
>>>>>>Believe me, I thought the same EXACT thing even before Brother Jack wrote that (I thought it last night after I read all the studies and then saw that it was not approved....there may very well be a great explanation why it wasn't approved (odd that the FDA offered NO explanation though)....maybe people started dying left and right after being on the stuff or started growing a third ear or something, lol.....I even thought, well, maybe the ssri giant co's, as a group, were able to put enough pressure to keep one co from taking a 'potentially' large bite out of their revs.....maybe, maybe not....but it's no different in any private business sector....Cisco Systems will do anything in its power and use whatever clout it has to make sure that Ciena Corp's new router doesn't make it and take market share....same with Microsoft (or tons of other companies in tons of other industries and sectors) using whatever influence it can to ensure that Sun Microsystem's operating software doesn't take any of its market share.....they are all competing co's competing with each other in the same sector....I'm not saying they're all paying off hit men to knock off the other guys' top personnel, lol, just that where huge $$$ is at stake that you will find shenanigans, some more crooked than others.....but Jack raised an EXCELLENT point (as did you)...I don't know the exact innerworkings.....what I mostly meant was the type of stuff that Barb elaborated on.....you can bet there are shenanigans and deception galore in this industry and any other....where there is HUGE money to be made and peoples livelihoods on the line, there will always be crooked dealings....there'd be no jails if everybody and everything was always legit.....can't believe I typed so much on the subject, wasted too much time,lol, this one-finger typing is for the birds, take care all!!!!!!!
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