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Three by Ken Silverstein
1. Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor
RESEARCH MONEY GOES TO PROFITABLE LIFESTYLE DRUGS
2. Public $, Private Gain
(editors note... rate of return on drug development
costs was 9 percent plus inflation for first Tufts
study, and 14 percent plus inflation for pre-clinical
investments in OTA's 1993 rehash of study, setting
"upper bound" on numbers.
3. Blood and Gore
http://www.thenation.com/issue/990719/0719silverstein.shtml
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James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org