From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-19 07:44:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!nntp.abs.net!ash.uu.net!spool.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:43:56 -0400 From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030611 Thunderbird/0.1a X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? References: <1061235392.884013@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <5ad0dd8a.0308190545.618fa858@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: <5ad0dd8a.0308190545.618fa858@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: KBC Financial Products Message-ID: <1061304237.13484@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Cache-Post-Path: master.nyc.kbcfp.com!unknown@aphelion.nyc.kbcfp.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.253.250.10 X-Trace: 1061304237 9667 204.253.250.10 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41719 Date: 2003-08-19T10:43:56-04:00 List-Id: Wojtek Narczynski wrote: > * What is necessary for the drug business to roll on? The ability to defray large and often fruitless development efforts by selling those drugs that are found to work at a profit. > * Why is the drug industry the most profitable in the world? Because people die if they do not buy the products. Also because men want to regrow hair and improve their sexual abilities. > * What would happen to me if I ate all the drugs that are advertised > on TV as "must eat to be healthy". You would be healthy. Many other drugs are specific to various conditions, but you could also take one of the antidepressants, and then you would also be happy. > * Are there any placebo studies in surgery? Yes. There is a surgical placebo effect. Search in Google for 'placebo surgery' for references. What has that to do with drug companies, which generally do not perform surgery? > * In which year will Americans spend a trillon dollars on drugs? This one?