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Post by timholycross on Mar 12, 2020 8:43:28 GMT -5
Without getting political, is it truth or reality that the US has gotten overly dependent on pharmaceuticals from other nations? Can whoever ends up in control of the nation the next several years make changing this a priority?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 12, 2020 9:00:05 GMT -5
I think that process is starting now--trying to bring manufacturing of pharms back to the US. I had no idea we were so dependent on China in this category.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 12, 2020 9:09:50 GMT -5
Big Pharma is bottom line oriented - they will buy wherever they can make the most profit. The switch to increasing the domestic ability of the US to produce our needed drugs in this country is underway. Of course, financial help from tax breaks would certainly make things go faster...again that bottom line.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 12, 2020 9:33:07 GMT -5
Big Pharma is bottom line oriented - they will buy wherever they can make the most profit. The switch to increasing the domestic ability of the US to produce our needed drugs in this country is underway. Of course, financial help from tax breaks would certainly make things go faster...again that bottom line. That is true for every industry or the board of directors and senior leadership would be removed. PhRMA has changed our lives for the better Do companies charge too much or do insurers require deep rebates( I think of them as kickbacks) to cover the drugs on formularies—gross to net is a very big issue politicians ignore-but yes gross prices are higher than they need be |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2020 9:46:18 GMT -5
I think that process is starting now--trying to bring manufacturing of pharms back to the US. I had no idea we were so dependent on China in this category. Yes, you can bring it back, but then the cost of health care in the United States will rise, and health care in the U.S. is already the most expensive in the world. Expensive pharmaceuticals are manufactured in the United States, as these are low volume production where labor cost, and/or cost of raw materials are not a factor. |
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 12, 2020 10:08:49 GMT -5
Will BC have Spring Practice? Be nice to catch them unprepared with a new coach and Chesney's tight organization giving us a slight increase in competitiveness.
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Post by joe on Mar 12, 2020 10:09:38 GMT -5
As long as it costs billions to bring a drug to market, and as long as there are frivolous law suits against drug manufacturers that need to be defended, don’t expect the price of drugs to come down anytime soon. My dog can get a Lyme vaccine but my kids can’t. Says it all.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 12, 2020 10:27:21 GMT -5
/\ "The Patriot League is actively assessing the spring athletics season, and more information will be provided shortly to those impacted." From yesterday's HC announcement. goholycross.com/news/2020/3/11/athletics-important-information-regarding-coronavirus.aspx
Since the Ivies pulled the plug on their spring season, we (and other PL schools) are emptying our campus, and there is no HC spring football I am guessing we'll cancel the spring PL season. Aren’t our spring seasons already cancelled given that students were all told to go home? |
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Post by HC92 on Mar 12, 2020 10:30:09 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 12, 2020 10:31:57 GMT -5
Sad news indeed.
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Post by rickii on Mar 12, 2020 17:36:14 GMT -5
Will BC have Spring Practice? Be nice to catch them unprepared with a new coach and Chesney's tight organization giving us a slight increase in competitiveness. No....ACC shut EVERTHING down. |
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Post by HC92 on Mar 16, 2020 14:21:10 GMT -5
Jacob Dobbs on everything shutting down:
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Post by hchoops on Mar 16, 2020 15:04:17 GMT -5
Maybe we can use him on the court.
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