FDA Causes High Drug Prices: Don’t Blame Capitalism for Your Pricey EpiPen

One doesn’t have to look far from today’s headlines to see this pattern. The latest controversy: the price of the EpiPen – Mylan’s famous medical auto-injector that delivers an immediate and measured dose of epinephrine – recently skyrocketed 400%, causing an uproar amongst 3.6 million people who depend upon the prescribed product. For those who live in fear of anaphylactic shock, the cost of living quite literally went up.
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Unfortunately – and as no surprise to libertarians and free market advocates – federal regulators continue to buffer the padding that surrounds Mylan’s monopoly. Shortly after the Auvi-Q recall, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries pitched a generic version of the EpiPen. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) squashed their efforts, citing “major deficiencies” in their application. Teva plans to appeal the decision, but won’t be able to effectively move forward until 2017 at the earliest.

Teva isn’t alone in this struggle. Windgap Medical, a Boston startup, and Adamis, a small biotech firm based in San Diego, have both struggled to bypass FDA’s barriers of entry in the marketplace as well.

If you need further convincing that the FDA impedes the market, consider the following:

The average time it takes for a drug to go from the lab to the medicine cabinet is 12 years
Only 1 in 5,000 new drugs will make it through the FDA approval
Based on the regulatory burden of creating new medicine, the average price tag for research and development for a new compound is $2.6 billion

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This brilliant response to Obama's 'don't discriminate' warning to Louisiana is pure American gold - Hot Air Hot Air

Dear Mr President,

I want to thank you for reminding us in South Louisiana not to
discriminate against anyone based on race or religion. Had you not
reminded us of this I don’t know what we would have done. See we rode
around in a boat saving people and well race or religion never entered
my mind. Not once. It didn’t enter my buddies mind or my wife’s. Just
saving people.

I understand you may be miss informed because of all the race baiting
that the media did a couple months ago here is South Louisiana. But I
assure you that’s not what we stand for in South Louisiana. We love each
other when the times get hard. We look out for our own. Now I know this
doesn’t fit your agenda. But facts are facts.

O and by the way stay up in DC play a little golf and enjoy your last
couple months in office. Make sure you clean out your desk. Clean out
the house you’ve occupied for 8 years cause your time is up. Let ya
buddy Ms Clinton know we don’t need her either. She needs her rest. Lord
knows she needs rest more then the residents of South Louisiana do. She
may could put some of that Clinton foundation blood money to good use
down here helping others. But why would she do that. She already knows
Louisiana doesn’t belong to her come November. If this was a state she
needed she would have been on the boat with me. But that’s OK we got
this we are strong here in Louisiana. Something you will never
understand.

Thanks

The true citizens of Louisiana

This brilliant response to Obama's 'don't discriminate' warning to Louisiana is pure American gold - Hot Air Hot Air

Chelsea Clinton Just Said The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard

This woman is not the brightest bulb in the box... In fact she's dim.



Chelsea Clinton Just Said The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard | Yes I'm Right.

I found this very interesting. What you do for a living drives your politics.. or vice versa

Democratic vs. Republican occupations

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I enjoyed this so much I decided to post it here so I can find it

IT'S NOT TRUE

I heard a rumor that Mexico agreed to pay for the wall if it meant it would keep negroes out of Mexico.

NOT TRUE.

That would be very racist. 

VERY!!

Clinton Foundation's Going out of Business Sale

The Clintons have said that IF she becomes President they will stop taking donations for the foundation (AKA CLINTON CRIME FAMILY)

That raises two important questions:

If it's inappropriate for them to take contributions from around the world if she becomes president, why was it NOT inappropriate for he foundation to take contributions from around the world when she was secretary of state.

It is demonstrated that those who contributed got favors. SO, isn't the message being sent right now to corrupt governments around the world:

"Get your donations in NOW while the foundation is still accepting and after I become President I'll see to it you get your favor.   It will be too late after I am president.  Only 78 days and this sale ends.  Get your money in NOW."

People KNOW this is going on, went on when she was Secretary of State... where is any media on this?

OH Yeah, Donald Trump said something mean and Ryan Lochte lied.

The most racist thing all day

In response to the funding of Black Lives Matter to the tune of $100,000,000  by George Soros and the Ford Foundation (no connection to Ford Motor Company) there has been a great deal of Consternation. That it would lead to more violence.  That it legitimizes mob mentality. 

Then one of the most racist comments was made. I won't identify the writer.  It wasn't me.  He was trying to make his mostly white audience feel better.  I don't know if this helped.

"There is no other definition or conclusion to be made they are both funding terrorism ! But don't be alarmed they [the BLM] will just use the money to buy 40's and crack cocaine. Nothing to see here, move along !"

The Four Year Booty Call

Women know about these things. They find a guy. He pays them some attention. He gets in bed with them. They think this thing is real. THEN after a short romancy time he's gone. He never calls. He never writes. He's gone. Four years later he shows up and says, "Remember me Baby"?

He's calling in some booty. Worse it works. The prisoner of HOPE is trapped into doing what she knows has no future. There is a better romance in the wings, but she feels loyal. She thinks "this time it will be different". This time he will change, treat me better and my life will be better. BUT THEN.. after she faithfully answers the booty call.. he disappears until four years later.. and he calls again. And the cycle repeats. You ask, HOW could she be so stupid? What a sucker. She gets nothing out of this and he has a willing surrogate whenever he wants. READ ON:::

THAT booty call is exactly what the democrat party does to the black community every year.  They call on them to show up and once more do the dirty deed.  Inside most of them know this is going nowhere.  It hasn't for 50 years.  They only hear from them when they need them to faithfully prostitutute their best intrests and cast a vote for them.. only to be abandoned for the next 48 months. 

AND ANOTHER BOOTY CALL COMES four years later ... and once more, they answer.

You ask HOW could black folks be so gullible?  How could they fall for this game once more?  Why?  Part of it is loyalty.  Once they have answered a few times admitting they had been had is too painful.  SO they deny that it is wrong, that it has no future.  They reject anyone who points out what suckers they have been.  They resist admitting the obvious, he only wants you for your brief loyalty.. booty.

Even when an offer comes in from a better to break the cycle of bad booty calls.. they stubbornly stick to the cad.  After all their mom always answered, their sisters do, their grandma did?  Why would they want to break the mold?

Is it sick?  YES .. but there is a way out.  Say NO to the booty call.  Don't answer. Hang up the phone.
When you are sick and tired of being sick and tired of being suckered in again.. just STOP.  You are better than that.. you really are.  Wise up.. he only calls when he needs you. In this case it's a she..