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I wonder if whoever wrote this article has seen the "Big Pharma conspiracy theory" article from Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pharma_conspiracy_theory LOL! {{unsigned|1990'sguy}}

I wonder if whoever wrote this article has seen the "Big Pharma conspiracy theory" article from Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pharma_conspiracy_theory LOL! {{unsigned|BernieandTrumpFan}}

:The unfortunate fact of the matter is that people (or their insurance companies) will pay a great deal to maintain someone's health and well-being. Since the demand is extremely high, the cost can be extremely high.  However, this financial incentive motivates pharmaceutical companies to come up with new ways (which they can patent) to treat diseases.  This itself is good and bad...it encourages innovation, but it discourages the use of more simple, natural means. There is no money is proving (or disproving) that, for example, things like Vitamin D, Sodium Ascorbate (a form of Vitamin C), certain herbs (such as those in [[Essiac tea]]) and other simple and often natural things can cure cancer.  These substances are cheap and cannot be patented. The FDA makes this even worse by making the cost of evaluation so outlandishly high...any product being approved must promise a substantial return on investment to be worth bothering with.

:The unfortunate fact of the matter is that people (or their insurance companies) will pay a great deal to maintain someone's health and well-being. Since the demand is extremely high, the cost can be extremely high.  However, this financial incentive motivates pharmaceutical companies to come up with new ways (which they can patent) to treat diseases.  This itself is good and bad...it encourages innovation, but it discourages the use of more simple, natural means. There is no money is proving (or disproving) that, for example, things like Vitamin D, Sodium Ascorbate (a form of Vitamin C), certain herbs (such as those in [[Essiac tea]]) and other simple and often natural things can cure cancer.  These substances are cheap and cannot be patented. The FDA makes this even worse by making the cost of evaluation so outlandishly high...any product being approved must promise a substantial return on investment to be worth bothering with.