“"Big pharma needs billion dollar drugs to justify supporting their channels. If you think you're going to cash out with big pharma, don't wait for it. Find ways to incrementally increase the value of your company. There was a similar crisis in 2001, but this one is much deeper. It will take much longer to come out of it. Those folks with funds are more reticent. They are looking at a completely different risk-reward equation." ---Forbes, 06/19/09”
Gene Detroyer
“When a clothing retailer says, "We want to help the bride plan the wedding," red flags should be raised. (Retailwire.com) March 11, 2010”
“A society is defined not only by what it creates but by what it refuses to destroy.”
John Sawhill
“From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.”
Barbara Ehrenreich
“This is the safest way clinically to increase stem cell circulation, far safer than any of the pharmaceutical options. This study provides information on the fundamental mechanisms for hyperbaric oxygen and offers a new theoretical therapeutic option for mobilizing stem cells.”
Stephen Thom
“He's a very smart guy, but he's basically carrying out the agenda of the pharmaceutical industry. His bill completely immunizes the drug industry from lawsuits.”
Sidney Wolfe
“The administration has again and again and again been very beholden to the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, and been very reluctant to move legislation that can really make a difference to people.”
Stanley Greenberg
