the "not meet FDA standards" argument applied to the drug supply is eyewash. Pure protectionism.
Dana On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually it has to do with tort reform. > > To many lawsuits related to the very rare > complications of vaccines. American companies don't > want to take the chance and the British supply didn't > meet FDA standards. > > You can skip the whole FDA process by going to Canada > for a shot. > > -sm > > --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Michael wrote: > > > And a rep from the CDC or some other place I > > forget said that this is not > > > the case. The real reason was that the profit > > margin is just to low. > > > > Exactly. Here's what I heard: > > > > The vaccine must be started 9-12 months before its > > intended use and > > then it cannot be used. That means that a company > > must forcast > > demand: if they forcast too high, they have to eat > > the loss; if they > > forcast too low they run out. > > > > To maximize profit, they want to forcast low such > > that there isn't > > enough vaccine, but they sell out. If that happened > > people would > > needlessly die so the federal government stepped in > > to negotiate for > > bidders. > > > > Mr. Bush's administration, however, refused to > > guarantee a minimum > > number of doses to purchase so many bidders never > > applied, leaving > > those with the least to lose. That is, the crappy > > ones. > > > > Other countries will guarantee the minimum nuber of > > doses and also > > purchase from multiple bidders which is why Canada > > and the UK have > > plenty of vaccine and the US doesn't. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132818 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
