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Oh goody, price reduced
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 29 Mar 2015 18:34 |
So now the Government can afford to vaccinate babies against meningitis. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 29 Mar 2015 18:52 |
thank goodness for that - long overdue - you can't put a price on a life or health |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 29 Mar 2015 18:56 |
Pharmaceutical companies are just interested in making huge profits. |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 29 Mar 2015 19:04 |
Pharma companies have to make profits to fund research - no research, no new drugs. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 29 Mar 2015 19:28 |
I think you'll find a lot of charities fund the research/help fund the research. |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 29 Mar 2015 19:38 |
Meningitis Research Foundation have paid millions, as have other Meningitis charities. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 29 Mar 2015 20:15 |
..so a lot of research is paid for by charities, and the pharmaceutical companies still overprice their drugs :-| |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 29 Mar 2015 22:23 |
And who is it who donates to charities - the public most of whom pay taxes too. Apparently this vaccine could have been available a year ago if the price could have been agreed. |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 29 Mar 2015 22:52 |
We lost a Grandson to this horrid illness 20years ago, so forgive me standing on my soapbox. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 29 Mar 2015 22:57 |
Not saying they charge too much, but under a scheme limiting the amount of profit pharmaceutical companies make out of the NHS, the pharmaceutical companies had to give the NHS a £74million rebate! |
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Graham | Report | 30 Mar 2015 00:10 |
I'm normally against nationalisation; but I think there is a strong case for nationalising the pharmaceutical industry. Profit should not be put before human life. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 30 Mar 2015 01:53 |
Carol, my deepest sympathy, I am sorry to have opened your wounds. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Mar 2015 08:58 |
...and how much are the people who faff about negotiating prices paid? |
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