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KP Stoller's avatar

Pharma squashing drugs that could and would potentially interfere with marketing goals is nothing new. With 75% of the FDAs budget coming from Pharma when they say jump the FDA says "How high."

A drug came out in the 80's called isoprinosine... and antiviral immune modulator. Worked great on HPV for example. It was available everywhere on the planet except in the USA (you can buy it on Amazon now). Newport Pharmaceuticals, the one drug wonder company that made it wanted FDA approval to treat HIV positive patients whose CD4 counts were too high to go on the $$expensive$$ antiretroviral drugs. THat is, it would have kept the CD4 counts high and HIV patients would not have to take antiretroviral drugs to the same degree, perhaps not at all.

So, Big Pharma told the FDA to make sure isoprinosine never came to market in the USA. And it never did.

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Marin Grin's avatar

OMG in what universe? This is the twilight zone. Thank you for your comprehensive to-do list. Even knowing all this was happening, when I see all the points outlined, I am flabbergasted! Jeez. frickin' Jeez. SHARING wildly.

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