Earlier in my life, I parroted, "without big profits, drug companies wouldn't innovate." I said this despite having had a rare cancer; and, knowing a lot of cancer researchers. Sure, they like money. But, it's rarely their principal driver. Belief systems are a helluva drug.
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Replying to @Kamuela
My post was ill-phrased. I was focusing on the erasure of motive for *researchers* done purposely by people defending the status quo of our (US) medical system, including insurance.
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Replying to @generativist @Kamuela
Even ignoring that pharma preferentially optimizes for palative care rather than cures -- "'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'" -- the idea that innovation would cease absent profit motive for pharma companies reprojects reality onto one dimension -- purposely.
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In my particular case, I've watched the @ChordomaFDN make incredible strides by connecting pharma, hospitals, researchers, and government institutions. They have a portfolio of possibilities and allocate principally with respect to how this moves along research. It works.
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