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fullofbeans · 08-22-2011, 11:26 AM

You misunderstand me : I am not a conspiracy theorist.. please I find it slightly offending.

But I "follow the money" and profit margin: if we only cared about the quality (as per your comment) all that would be required from the supplement industry is to produce GMP products (which i agree with), why the initial registration cost not affordable by the small company? The supplement sale is worth billions, plants are medicine.

There are many philanthropist and good researchers that are looking to make our life better, I agree. But there are also a monopoly of hiddeously powerful few that have little interest to lose the sale of their current products and over regulation and high and slow develppement cost is a way to slow down progress, that is my view. FDA can take years to approve a research protocole (as experienced by some university researchers).. what small biotech can afford that cost? Putting barrier of entries of high cost is not making our life better. And yes sorry I believe we could have been driving cars that did not run on petrol a long time ago.. but no I do not hug trees..

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fullofbeans Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 617	Re: a plant extract with tested potency You misunderstand me : I am not a conspiracy theorist.. please I find it slightly offending. But I "follow the money" and profit margin: if we only cared about the quality (as per your comment) all that would be required from the supplement industry is to produce GMP products (which i agree with), why the initial registration cost not affordable by the small company? The supplement sale is worth billions, plants are medicine. There are many philanthropist and good researchers that are looking to make our life better, I agree. But there are also a monopoly of hiddeously powerful few that have little interest to lose the sale of their current products and over regulation and high and slow develppement cost is a way to slow down progress, that is my view. FDA can take years to approve a research protocole (as experienced by some university researchers).. what small biotech can afford that cost? Putting barrier of entries of high cost is not making our life better. And yes sorry I believe we could have been driving cars that did not run on petrol a long time ago.. but no I do not hug trees.. __________________ 35 y/o June 06: BC stage I Grade 3; ER/PR neg Her-2+++; lumpectomies Aug 06: Stage IV liver mets: 6 tumours July 06 to Jan 07: 2FEC+6Taxotere; 3TACE; LITT March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle). Herceptin since 2006 NED til Oct 09 Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised.. Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo.. superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1 Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1 Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes. Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor. 'Under no circumstances should you lose hope..' Dalai Lama Last edited by fullofbeans; 08-22-2011 at 12:13 PM..*