Posted by zeugma on January 21, 2006, at 13:32:25
In reply to Re: My heartless scientological diatribe, posted by notfeelingthebest on January 21, 2006, at 13:12:09
There is an obvious conflict of interest here, as our company is involved in both the publication of research and sale of this drug. >>
Too true. And what is worse, many of those who are involved in the neuroscience, as opposed to drug development, end, are paid consultants to many drug developers and angle their research to what their sponsors want to hear.
They are the ones picking out the targets of new drugs. They may not win Nobel laureates for this work, but they will certainly not go unrewarded for finding targets suited to whatever molecules a company can patent. We might call it the 'commercialization of the brain.'
-z
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