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flowerseverywhere
3-22-12, 12:59am
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/lawmakers_fake_pharmacies_pric.html

"Members of Congress investigating shortages of crucial drugs are targeting nearly two dozen fake pharmacies allegedly set up solely to buy and resell the drugs at huge markups. "

These were things like cancer drugs.

"The lawmakers’ investigation found evidence of one transaction where a licensed pharmacy called Priority Healthcare bought a chemotherapy drug called fluorouracil for $6.77 per vial. A distributor it owned called Tri-Med America allegedly soon sold the cancer medicine to another company for more than 10 times the initial price — $69 per vial. "

How can anyone live with themselves doing this? No wonder why our healthcare system is in crisis.

loosechickens
3-22-12, 2:00am
well, while capitalism is a great system, its Achilles heel is its vulnerability to greed. Very sad.

Jemima
3-22-12, 2:36pm
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/lawmakers_fake_pharmacies_pric.html

"Members of Congress investigating shortages of crucial drugs are targeting nearly two dozen fake pharmacies allegedly set up solely to buy and resell the drugs at huge markups. "

These were things like cancer drugs.

"The lawmakers’ investigation found evidence of one transaction where a licensed pharmacy called Priority Healthcare bought a chemotherapy drug called fluorouracil for $6.77 per vial. A distributor it owned called Tri-Med America allegedly soon sold the cancer medicine to another company for more than 10 times the initial price — $69 per vial. "

How can anyone live with themselves doing this? No wonder why our healthcare system is in crisis.

Much of mainstream medicine and big pharma is all about making money - never mind people are maimed and killed by misdiagnoses, unnecessary surgery, and terrible drugs. Caveat emptor. It really is disgusting.