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A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money, NYT

Discussion in ''Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research' started by Jaybee00, Feb 28, 2023.

  1. Jaybee00

    Jaybee00 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Trish Moderator Staff Member

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    The article is about a drug for narcolepsy that has been abused as a date rape drug.

    I haven't read the whole article, but it seems to be about shenagans by the drug company to ensure they have exclusive patents for a long time.
     
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    Jaybee00 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Yeah, I read it quickly and found the shenanigans a bit hard to follow, but about a greedy pharma company that really didn’t do any development of the drug. Some clinicians in the USA prescribe oxybate for MECFS patients https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_oxybate
     
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