# E-DRUG: Feeding the beast? (cont'd) **URL:** https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-feeding-the-beast-contd/6679 **Category:** e-drug **Created:** [November 17, 1999, 7:59pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-feeding-the-beast-contd/6679 "1999-11-17T19:59:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![richardl1951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@richardl1951](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/richardl1951) #### Post date: [November 17, 1999, 7:59pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-feeding-the-beast-contd/6679/1 "1999-11-17T19:59:04Z")
E-drug: Feeding the beast? (cont'd) --------------------------------------------- In response to Jody Dalmacion's comment "our drug prices will really just reflect what the multinationals and their friends want us to pay." No you pay the prices that you allow the multinationals to charge you. Other countries in your region do much better particularly with essential drugs. What is required is political committment to control essential drug prices! Richard Laing Associate Professor of International Health Boston University School of Public Health 715 Albany St, T4W, Boston MA 02118 USA Tel 617 414-1444 Fax 617 638-4476 E-mail richardl@bu.edu -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.