Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > Well, Erik, I guess I'll have to live with your > disapproval...forgive me while I sob. Anyone who read > what I wrote might note: > 1. I "disputed" it only to the point that I thought it > was a little low > I agree, there was no dispute, because we both agree on this subject - except that what Gautam points as an orientation for the future...
As a purely rational advisor to the industry, I would tell them it was the dumbest mistake they ever made, though. Any pharmaco that invested in AIDS research and got a success out of it got _screwed_. I would use a harsher word, but I know how it bothers John. They took enormous publicity hits, and then were forced to sell it at a very low price. From a business standpoint, any pharmaco that invested in AIDS twenty years ago made a mistake. Any pharmaco that did it today would have to be run by idiots or saints, and the reason why is precisely the attitudes you describe. ... I claim that has _already_ been oriented to them in the past 50 or so years, where _no_ significant disease has found a final _cure_. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
