On Feb 27, 8:49*am, rw wrote:
jeff wrote:
CalifBill wrote:

But those nice life extending drugs, and devices are developed because
of the profit motive. *Last job I had was part of a Bio-med company
developing a cure for stage 1 incontinence in women. *Investors poured
$45,000,000 in to the company. *Problem was bad management, and we
failed in clinicals and they may have recovered 3-4 million in the
end. *How many groups would bet $45 million if not a prospect of
gaining 4-5x that amount in the end?

so...i reckon they don't have that stuff in canada, uk, france?

Potential side effects include heart attack, stroke, liver failure,
acne, erectile dysfunction, and anal leakage. If you experience any of
these symptoms consult your doctor.

I'm convinced that many, if not most, of these "life extending" drugs
are at best useless and at worst harmful -- especially the ones that are
touted in TV commercials.


Correlation (let alone causation) might be difficult to prove......but
it would be fun research. The trouble is coming up with funding; it
ain't likely the networks or the pharmaceutical company are gonna pony
up a few billion dollars for this one.

Meanwhile, I suspect there's a great deal more merit to the
proposition than anyone involved is likely to admit to. Without going
into a great deal of detail (which would take months to do justice to
and bore everyone to death) suffice it to say that public confidence
in the efficacy and safety of most modern drugs is more a matter of
faith, based on indoctrination, than of anything else.

giles