I would rather a Big Pharmaceutical spend alot of money making a new drug that saves lives and then sell it to us at a high price to recoop their investment - then 7 years later that drug can be sold by anyone (a generic).

Yes I know, during those first 7 years people will die who can’t afford the drug, but the alternative is that NO drug made because the Big Pharamaceutical company couldn’t earn enough money to pay for the research for that drug and new drugs in the future.

The alternative is that the government does all drug research…but we know how well the government runs the DMV and Medicare - how do you think that would go?

Remember, Big Pharmaceutical companies get sued all the time, even if their drug saves hundreds or thousands of lives in the process (Vioxx anyone), if its found out years later there is some harmful effect - Asprin can cause people problems, but you don’t see it being pulled from the shelves.

A friend of mine used to take PhenPhen and it worked great…but news came out that it increased heart failures, but he still wanted to take it - providing he signed a released, but they wouldn’t let him.

I think knowledge is power and making a choice with all available information at the time is vital.