[Magdalen] Medical update.

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 2/21/16 11:13 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
> That's great.
> Besides your improved health, part of what's great about it is that the
> use of Colchicine to treat foot wounds is thousands of years old.
>
> However, what is not great about old drugs is that unethical companies
> get control of the legal rights and then jack up the price. Everyone has
> heard of Martin Shkreli and his antics with Daraprim at Turing
> Pharmaceuticals. Far fewer people know that in 2009 Albert Roberts of
> URL Pharma acquired the US rights to Colchicine and then raised the
> price per tablet from $0.09 to $4.85 and sued to remove other versions
> from the market. He was not greedy enough to have his antics reported as
> national news. But Shkreli probably learned how to do this trick by
> watching Roberts.
>
> This nasty trick only works when the drug is ancient and effective.
> Effective is good.
>
>

Sounds like a farmer could make a fortune by investing in crocus bulbs 
and multiplying them.  would take a few years, though....

Actually, I'm very happy Mike has something that works!


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