Sales of cancer drugs will grow at nearly double the rate of the global pharmaceutical market and could reach $80 billion by 2012, according to IMS Health, which tracks prescription drug sales.
I really don’t want to put on my tinfoil hat but this kind of news makes me reach for it. What is the monetary incentive in finding a cure? Don’t get me wrong, I am incredibly grateful for the treatment that exists and will continue to be developed. If it weren’t for it I couldn’t sit here and bitch. But honestly, how hard is a company going to search for a cure if the treatments are so financially rewarding. The rest of the article is below.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080515/hl_nm/cancer_forecast_dc
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