Republican Administration Maintains Exclusivity Stance in GLP-1 (Tirzepatide) Compounding Dispute

[keangkong]

I typed up an entire response to these, but then realized I don't want to spark the conversation that makes Bee shut this down.

So: True, and true. I'm being idealistic.

I was actually quite surprised with that title that people stayed away from the overly political stuff. That's good in that I believe politics has become so divisive that folks who'd otherwise get along start disliking each other as soon as the subject turns to politics. That would be bad for our forum.

 

[chmuse]

I was actually quite surprised with that title that people stayed away from the overly political stuff. That's good in that I believe politics has become so divisive that folks who'd otherwise get along start disliking each other as soon as the subject turns to politics. That would be bad for our forum.

Yes, I think we've been shut down enough times recently that those of us who are super political know better. At least on my end, I'm tired. I'll leave my political debating to other platforms.

 

[keangkong]

I gave my solution: the US pressures the drug companies to lower the price but says that anyone who really needs the drug (Ilet some experts figure that one out) will have it covered by their health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.

Eventually, generics will come out.

 

[hexagonal]

My solution remains that drug research should be funded globally by governments and that it is "open-source."


Curing disease is fundamentally a matter of public health. Public health is entirely within the scope of concern for government. Profit being a motive inherently puts tension between that goal and the goal of saving as many people as possible as cheaply as possible.

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

I gave my solution: the US pressures the drug companies to lower the price but says that anyone who really needs the drug (Ilet some experts figure that one out) will have it covered by their health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.

Eventually, generics will come out.

Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices would probably go a long way toward achieving this. It’s a testament to the power of lobbyists and the influence of money in politics that it is prohibited for just about all meds save for 10 that were specially selected not to piss off pharma too much.