[e-drug] Strategy to urge Novartis shareholders to drop court case in India (2)

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E-DRUG: Strategy to urge Novartis shareholders to drop court case in India (2)
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I think all doctors in the developing countries should not prescribe any
drugs by Norvatis until the case against India is dropped
What do you think?

Dr Sylvia Opanga B.Pharm,M.Pharm(Clin Pharm)
Pharmacotherapy Consultant
Lecturer School of Pharmacy
University of Nairobi
Kenya
sylvia adisa <sylvia.adisa@gmail.com>

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I believe boycotting Novartis, until they drop their case will send a powerful message.

M Chandra Sekar
Pharmacy Professor
University of Findlay ,
Findlay. Ohio, USA
"M. Chandra Sekar" <sekar@findlay.edu>

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E-DRUG: Strategy to urge Novartis shareholders to drop court case in India (3)
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[There is evidence that R&D costs are inflated and that more is spent on promotion and marketing than on R&D.
See thread in E-drug archives: Company net R&D costs much lower than claimed
for example:
http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/201102/msg00037.php ]

To E-drug
If people will do like that how can Novartis extract their cost of research of molecule and slowly the company will be demotivated from R and D. What do you think all?

Vikash Kumar
Project Pharmacist
Vaishali Bihar India

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E-DRUG: Strategy to urge Novartis shareholders to drop court case in India (5)
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Yes, R&D costs are greatly inflated. To see how, go to http://www.pharmamyths.net/ and on the right click "Demythologizing..." To see a brief reply to the new, record-high estimates in FORBES magazine, click on the first link on the right.

Donald

Donald W. Light
Cell: 609-216-0071
Professor, UDMNJ-SOM
Lokey Visiting Professor, Stanford University
Visiting Researcher, Center for Migration & Development,
Princeton University
"Donald Light" <dlight@princeton.edu>