[CLTann]

I have earlier written about the combination of grapefruit effect with certain drugs. It is totally irresponsible for the drug industry to ignore or reject this important idea. What they should do is to sponsor or undertake a project using the essential ingredient from grapefruit with the candidate drug to see the efficacy of this combined drug. Not only the cost can be lowered, but the reduction of drug side effects is critically important to many patients. This type of thinking is the core of being a responsible coporate citizenship.

Of course, I am aware of the fact that the cost of drug is highly inflated in USA. The same drug can be purchased much cheaper in Mexico and Canada. Drug companies should immediately make their pricing more rational, perhaps with the help of congress in enacting a drug cost/profit law. They should be more transparent in how they come up with these astronomical new drug costs. Sooner or later, the new politicians will press this issue since the overall costs of health care involve the high cost of new medicines.