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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 17:19:22 JST Aral Balkan

   Capitalism: a social system where the rich live and the poor die.

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   Ireland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’

   https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/05/20/irelands-two-tier-cancer-drug-system-i-can-give-one-drug-to-one-lot-of-patients-not-to-another/

   #capitalism #ireland #cancer #healthcare

   • Valla Efferallas :therian: (vallaferescense@furry.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 06:10:31 JST Valla Efferallas :therian:

     in reply to

     • Catarina :mastodon_oops:

     @catarinac @aral

     The only solution is going need to be a change to IP laws. Drug companies are price gouging while doing research to develop with public money. They are down locking the production so we cant have them doing that anymore.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 06:10:31 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

     in reply to

     • Catarina :mastodon_oops:
     • Valla Efferallas :therian:

     @Vallaferescense @catarinac @aral

     Prime example is the guy, Ronald Plasterk, who almost became Prime Minister of the Netherlands.. patented under his name the cancer medicine he didn't invent, then earned 32 million Euro when selling his company. Amsterdam Medical Center and researcher who did the work, got nothing.

     Now he resigned his candidacy with a "I did nothing wrong, acted with integrity". And under hypercapitalism what he did is indeed normal, the norm. 😡

     https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/05/ethical-queries-cast-doubt-over-plasterks-hopes-of-becoming-pm/

   • Valla Efferallas :therian: (vallaferescense@furry.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 06:10:33 JST Valla Efferallas :therian:

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     @aral i have no idea

     I guess non subscribers are too poor to know they are dying cause they are too poor.

   • Catarina :mastodon_oops: (catarinac@masto.pt)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 06:10:33 JST Catarina :mastodon_oops:

     in reply to

     • Valla Efferallas :therian:

     @Vallaferescense this one seems to be open, an dit looks like the same issue
     https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/05/20/why-are-new-cancer-drugs-available-to-private-patients-but-not-public-patients/

     @aral