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do you know how many billions upon billions of dollars are wrapped up in the oncology market? What would a miracle pill do to that industry? How many jobs do you think would be lost? How much money?” The
“I think there needs to be a full-scale investigation into Big Pharma, the FDA, and the oncology business. Some serious questions need to be asked. What’s out there? What’s been approved? What’s the process? Who makes the decisions? I think the American people deserve that.”
Cancer has been around long enough for there to be better options than the current chemo, radiation, and surgery modalities. Why no miracle drugs?”
“That’s crazy talk, Chad.” “The oncology market is a multi-billion-dollar industry. I doubt it will be long before it reaches into the trillions. If the FDA approves a medication that cures cancer, it could cripple them, and then the entire economy.” He shook his head. “I think the government might . . . put the brakes on such a drug.”
Dale couldn’t help but recall a deposition from a few years back. It was the husband of a woman who had died of breast cancer. The allegation in the lawsuit was that the disease should have been seen and reported to them over two years earlier than it was. The ultrasound and biopsy had shown cancer, but the chain of communication broke down, and the patient was never told. The case was resolved before trial, but it was the man’s deposition that haunted Dale now. She’d asked him to describe her treatment at UAB after learning the news. The husband had started out simply regurgitating the
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McGee informed him: Assuming the drug was, in fact, the cure for cancer, could the United States economy survive such a discovery? The oncology market was a multi-billion-dollar-per-year industry and growing exponentially. The boomerang would instantly make much of the oncology industry obsolete. The sudden loss of jobs, careers, and money would be staggering and could cripple, if not destroy, the nation’s economy. And none of this even began to consider the impact of the discovery around the globe. Until these questions could be answered and concerns alleviated,
“I don’t understand. How could curing cancer, the worst disease in the history of the world, somehow be bad for the United States?”
“is money. Curing cancer will mean a great loss of revenue to the United States, and believe it or not, the folks your father is talking about don’t think the benefit is worth the financial cost.”
Why do we kill our miracles?
