And I've heard that now the marketing/advertising costs are even higher (50%?)
than those other expenses. Now people go running to their doctor cuz the voice
on TV said "Ask your doctor about..."
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On 11/13/2003 at 2:23 PM James N. McBride wrote:
>I used to be sympathetic to the drug companies thinking they spent massive
>amounts on research and development. I read an article the other day that
>said they spend an average of 18 percent on R&D and 28 percent on
>advertising and management perks. Nice. Sympathy is in the
>dictionary....about half way between shit and syphilis. /jim
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>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:42 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OT] pills, was Olympus America and feedback
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>Politicians are great! Everybody should own one. It just seems
>like the drug companies have bought too many of the current crop.
>
>Walt, who's not a bit cynical. Hah!
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>"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it
>from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal, theologian
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:17:20 -0500
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>>Our government knows what we want, but the drug manufacturers
>>lobbyists get the fir$t and la$t word$ on the subject.
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