Posted by LostBoyinNC45 on February 22, 2014, at 15:58:45 [reposted on February 24, 2014, at 16:51:40 | original URL]
In reply to Re: THE root cause of TRD is, posted by Phil on February 22, 2014, at 12:08:49
The government passes all the intellectual property and patent laws that controls the pharmaceutical industry. All patent and IP law is federal law. The U.S. Patent Court is in DC and is a FEDERAL court, not a state court.
The government could have a huge amount of control over the drug companies, IF MORE MENTALLY ILL WOULD GET OFF THEIR DUFFS AND VOTE CONSISTENTLY AND ALSO EMAIL, PHONE AND WRITE THEIR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS WHOM THEY VOTE FOR.
Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"
BTW, I would not listen to a thing bush said, about anything. The guy is a loser.
> the gov doesn't tell big pharma what to do. i think it was bush jr that said the feds cannot bargain with pharma for better prices. pharma has more lobbyist in washington than any other business. they have tons of money and are also one of the highest profit industries.
> i'm on disability and there's a new drug i want to try. it's $800 a month and would throw me into a new medicare bracket called you are f*ck*d. yet other countries can sell that drug at half or less than those in the us. end result...homeless. we are the greatest country in the world? prove it.
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