dagblog - Comments for "Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines"

I get what's disturbing you

artappraiser — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:50:05 +0000

In reply to “None of this is intended to

I get what's disturbing you about it, at the same time, I really do hope they are not planning to compete with them in developing yet another statin or impotence drug as it were, but instead to focus on treatment of diseases without huge profit potential. I.E., should they come up with a cure for Alzheimer's (which might be enormously profitable) while researching MS (MS not having enough victims to be hugely profitable)--such serendipity not unknown to real science but rare in "drug company science-- then I'd like to see: tough, drug companies, you lose.

“None of this is intended to

EmmaZahn — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:29:58 +0000

In reply to Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines

“None of this is intended to be competitive with the private sector,” Dr. Collins said. “The hope would be that any project that reaches the point of commercial appeal would be moved out of the academic support line and into the private sector.”

Why did Dr. Collins, like so many others, feel it necessary to make that disclaimer?

Here we are communicating in a manner made possible by private enterprise building on public research and development. So far it has been beneficial than not for everyone -- okay, maybe more so for some than others. Why are there people still out there who need this explained?