Ummm just ate chicken and rainbow chard from our garden with a big green salad........nothing wrong with thinking critically. If NUSI merely does the research and brings a drug to help fight obesity in the truly obese then fine. A 500 pound man may benefit from something like that.....if in fact there is a hormonal link to such obesity as some suspect or......it may just be that these folks mean well and are honestly wanting to find the causes of obesity as the founder states. Not sure if you have ever been obese (not talking 20 pounds of middle age fat here I mean a lifetime of extreme obesity) but for someone with this problem who has tried most (if not all) other avenues it can be extremely frustrating. Frankly, I don't care if someone of even a bunch of people make billions off their efforts (making money is not a crime)....heck the entire pharmaceutical/medical industry has been doing that for years while many obese folks are miserable. I (do) see the potential good in it. One might argue that all the obese must do is discipline their lives, eat right and exercise. Much easier said than done especially if the one saying it doesn't have the problem to begin with. Its not unlike the natural skinny man trying to (gain weight) who has a super high metabolism and never gains more than 15 pounds all the while lifting weights like a maniac and eating as smart as he can......
On Friday, October 12, 2012 7:56:42 AM UTC-7, Patrick in VT wrote: > > On Friday, October 12, 2012 9:38:00 AM UTC-4, charlie wrote: >> >> The scientific board of advisors, the general advisory board and the >> board of directors are all well educated credentialed people from a >> variety of backgrounds. > > > I wish I could see the good in it, Charlie - I really do. but I was > taught to think critically about these things. the Board of Directors has > experience in bringing drugs to market. The Board calls the shots. NUSI > will provide the science/research for the phases of FDA approval. and > these companies, among many others, will make money hand over fist: > > - McKinsey and Company - > http://www.mckinsey.com/client_service/pharmaceuticals_and_medical_products/expertise/research_and_development > - City Hill Ventures, LLC (private equity) > - Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HALO) > - Abbot Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) > - Shasta Ventures (private equity) > - Ziff Brothers Investments > > and the Board of Adviors is comprised of more venture capitalists, risk > scientists, health care insiders, and none other than Mr. FourHourWorkWeek > himself, Tim Ferriss. seriously? > > in any event, whether the drug makes a difference or not remains to be > seen. but there there will be a drug and it will join the ranks of lipitor > ($7.7billion/year for mostly preventable cholesterol/heart disease), plavix > ($6.8billion/year for mostly preventable heart disease), ($6.2 billion/year > for mostly preventable heartburn . .. freakin' heartburn!). The market for > a prescription drug to combat obesity is unfathomable .. .. wait, no its > not. the initial market will soon be 50% of our country (call it > 150,000,000?) multiplied by the cost of Mr. Pirelli's miracle fat-reducing > elixir (call it $100/month) . ... $180,000,000,000/year. Subtract $180 > *billion* if you think i overshot it. > > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/EJBjEhi857sJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
