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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jan 2018

    Jeet Heer Retweeted I. Glenn Cohen

    Remember: Americans are told they have to pay higher drug prices than anywhere in the world because drug companies are doing wonderful research.https://twitter.com/CohenProf/status/949833388235612161 …

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    I. Glenn Cohen @CohenProf
    Pfizer to stop its search for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. I understand the business strategy side of the decision, but I can imagine how depressing this is for patients and their families. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-ends-hunt-for-drugs-to-treat-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-1515267654 …
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      1. JG‏ @oldboy_74 6 Jan 2018
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        Same week Sessions reverses the Cole memo. Bad week for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s.

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      1. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 6 Jan 2018
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        We do have other drug companies. Winners and, in this case, losers are part of the design.

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      1. Souzou Ako‏ @souzou_no 6 Jan 2018
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        Better invest in the book How Not to Die.

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      1. halvorz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @halvorz 6 Jan 2018
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        Not sure how that statement is contradicted by a company putting billions of dollars into researching a disease, and ending up with nothing. It's not the successes that make drug development expensive, it's the failures.

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      1. BB Morey 🇺🇦‏ @BolsterMass 6 Jan 2018

        The NIH exists; what cures/treatments have they discovered lately?

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      1. Sarah Bee‏ @JamPey10 6 Jan 2018
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        They want my entire family deductible for a one month supply of my kid’s growth hormone. In.fucking.January. But yes republicans, tell me how I’m mooching on the system cause I expect decent healthcare, with actual coverage, at an affordable price...

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      1. Michael Whitehead‏ @Egalitare 6 Jan 2018
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        Which comes as no surprise to the many thousands of financially struggling grad students at mostly public universities who actually do most of the basic research

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      1. else{}‏ @leighelse 6 Jan 2018
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        @LI_politico In NZ, much preliminary drug research is government funded. That's traceable, and should be reflected in pricing.

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      1. Pocahontas‏ @monkeyfanatics 6 Jan 2018
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        In actuality what it is is our government believes that the systems that exist in Canada and places like Netherlands and Denmark are frauds. Hire waiting no specialist claim why Canadians come to America. Truly uneducated to how it really is. The fact our government will...

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      1. Pocahontas‏ @monkeyfanatics 6 Jan 2018
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        Will not negotiate block prices for a certain amount of the drug at a certain price. I know my insulin cost me if I buy it out of my own pocket $1,500 for one box of 3 pins whereas people I know in Canada get their medicine free or at very low cost.

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