Q: If you cause the cost of drugs to plummet, pharma won't spend money on R&D, right?
"If you cause the cost of drugs to plummet, pharma won't spend money on R&D, right?" This was a question from another anonymous post, but at least they were friendly this time. Before I answer this question fully (since I think I've alluded to it in other blog posts), I want you to take a step back and ask yourself a question: Why do drug companies make drugs? The first and feel-good answer is because they want to help people. I think this is the case for bench research. Havi
Review: "New Approach Found to Ease Schizophrenia" – The New York Times
I found the article by Benedict Carey posted by The New York Times on Facebook. The thumbnail states "a landmark study found that a bigger emphasis on one-one-on talk therapy made greater strides in patient recovery than the usual drug-focused treatments." I'm glad there are researchers out there who love research, statistics, double-blind tests, and placebos. I'm more of a clinician (aka using the scientific method on individualized mini-experiments) than a researcher (aka u
Q: What about funding research?
"So what about funding research?" This was a question I saw posted on a random forum discussing the reasons why pharmaceutical and biotech companies have meds that cost so much. In the P.S.Y.C.H. plan, there is no money for research, and I think it should stay that way. Research, in my opinion, is best left to universities with funding from the general government (in the form of NIH, NIMH, CDC, etc.). If there are entrepreneurial companies that want to create the "next best t