/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: Beware of deregulation in drug development https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/01/02/beware-of-deregulation-in-drug-development/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: John Hooker https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/01/02/beware-of-deregulation-in-drug-development/#comment-52 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:44 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/01/02/beware-of-deregulation-in-drug-development/#comment-52 This addresses an important issue: the price of drugs in the US. It shouldn’t be up to the press to raise awareness of the abuses that have occurred recently regarding, for example, the price hikes of Epipen. There are many other abuses that go unreported. This has to change. There are intelligent ways to control pharmaceutical prices – without affecting funding for research, be that private or public, which is the relentless argument against price controls that the pharmaceutical industry flags any time the issue comes up.

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/01/02/beware-of-deregulation-in-drug-development/#comment-53 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:14:44 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/01/02/beware-of-deregulation-in-drug-development/#comment-53 Excellent point. Western European countries control pharma prices. So could we.

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