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   Re: Big Pharma (was Re: What Thinkest Th   
   21 Dec 25 02:38:58   
   
   From: sumpusent@outlook.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 02:09:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D´Oliveiro    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:44 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's a good growth industry for Big Pharma, anyway.   
   >   
   >As I see it, Big Pharma sells 3 kinds of products:   
   >   
   >1) Cures for diseases   
   >2) Disease preventives (vaccines etc)   
   >3) Treatments for conditions that are not cures, but require ongoing   
   >   application for a lifetime   
   >   
   >Which do you think is the most profitable for them? Clearly it’s 3),   
   >particularly if the condition involved is one that primarily afflicts   
   >affluent first-world patients. Those good old erectile dysfunction   
   >pills, as well as these weight-loss ones, clearly fit into that   
   >category.   
   >   
   >Which is the *least* profitable? Obviously it’s 2). Something to think   
   >about the next time somebody tries to convince you of some kind of   
   >“vaccine conspiracy” ...   
      
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