MYTH: drug companies don't want to cure cancer because it would reduce their profits FACT: hepatitis C used to be incurable. New drugs that cure hep C are some of the biggest blockbuster drugs of all time
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The drug company that patents a reliable cure for any cancer can basically name their price and people will pay itpic.twitter.com/TtgCvpVcFy
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Exhibit A: Lenalidomide, which has massively increased the length of survival for multiple myeloma patients It also made >$10 billion worldwide IN 2018 ALONEpic.twitter.com/FC7pyKlNRv
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Curing a cancer (especially something like glioblastoma, which has a poor prognosis) is the holy grail of medical research Whoever gets that patent will have SO MUCH MONEY
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Also, if you cure a patient of something fatal, and they live into old age, imagine how many other things you'll sell them in those years?
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True. I wonder what these people think happens to people when they're cured of cancer? Do they get healthy and stay like that forever?
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