And there's also this, from back in 2013, lest it be forgotten: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/chinas-bitter-medicine-foreign-drug-companies/
Needs many, many, more countries to follow suit because this bs is still going on globally.
"Liang Hong, one of the GSK executives....was quoted by China’s state-run media as saying that the costs of the bribes were eventually wrapped up into the price of medicines, accounting for up to 30% of a drug’s final price"...
....is true in China, how much more so in every other country in the world?
The majority of drug companies really need to be turned upside down, torn apart, and exposed for the crimes they commit against humanity.
You only have to talk to the relatives of those who've died as a direct result of not being able to afford vital medicines (or died of exposure to biological weapons - and who creates those?), to reach that conclusion.
This is classic Rupert Murdoch tactics - a heartless, unconscionable bastard only interested in cash grabs, not truth or justice or equality - and certainly not compassion.
Meh. The old fart will be dead soon enough. Maybe then, at least, some forms of media will finally be allowed to clean their act up.
As for me, I threw out my tv years ago, stopped buying newspapers and magazines and stopped turning on the radio. It's amazing how much more calm life became after that.
I can think without being told what to think, clothe myself without being told what to wear, can have my own opinions without being told what they 'should' be and, most importantly, I'm not force fed a constant stream of violent images labelled 'news' as a source of 'entertainment' - which is how Murdoch - disgustingly - sees all such tragedies.
It was my personal form of protest against the likes of the Murdochs in the world.
Until now, I had no idea just how dumb advertisers actually were/are.
I mean, when are they going to wake up and realize that WE DON'T WANT THEIR ADS - or anyone else's for that matter? WE are the reason Adblock Plus was created.
Don't they get it?
Also interesting to note that those sites currently blocking the use of Adblock Plus are now seeing big declines in site traffic. Gee, wonder why?
But how excellent is that?! Yay for the little people!
Anyway, ads only exist on the premise that we, the little people, don't know what we want until we're shown, which I find personally insulting and offensive.
If I want something, I'll go look for it. Normal people usually do....
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And there's also this, from back in 2013, lest it be forgotten: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/chinas-bitter-medicine-foreign-drug-companies/
Needs many, many, more countries to follow suit because this bs is still going on globally.
If this statement...
"Liang Hong, one of the GSK executives....was quoted by China’s state-run media as saying that the costs of the bribes were eventually wrapped up into the price of medicines, accounting for up to 30% of a drug’s final price"...
....is true in China, how much more so in every other country in the world?
The majority of drug companies really need to be turned upside down, torn apart, and exposed for the crimes they commit against humanity.
You only have to talk to the relatives of those who've died as a direct result of not being able to afford vital medicines (or died of exposure to biological weapons - and who creates those?), to reach that conclusion.
Let's not kid ourselves.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/chinas-bitter-medicine-foreign-drug-companies/
This is classic Rupert Murdoch tactics - a heartless, unconscionable bastard only interested in cash grabs, not truth or justice or equality - and certainly not compassion.
Meh. The old fart will be dead soon enough. Maybe then, at least, some forms of media will finally be allowed to clean their act up.
As for me, I threw out my tv years ago, stopped buying newspapers and magazines and stopped turning on the radio. It's amazing how much more calm life became after that.
I can think without being told what to think, clothe myself without being told what to wear, can have my own opinions without being told what they 'should' be and, most importantly, I'm not force fed a constant stream of violent images labelled 'news' as a source of 'entertainment' - which is how Murdoch - disgustingly - sees all such tragedies.
It was my personal form of protest against the likes of the Murdochs in the world.
Until now, I had no idea just how dumb advertisers actually were/are.
I mean, when are they going to wake up and realize that WE DON'T WANT THEIR ADS - or anyone else's for that matter? WE are the reason Adblock Plus was created.
Don't they get it?
Also interesting to note that those sites currently blocking the use of Adblock Plus are now seeing big declines in site traffic. Gee, wonder why?
But how excellent is that?! Yay for the little people!
Anyway, ads only exist on the premise that we, the little people, don't know what we want until we're shown, which I find personally insulting and offensive.
If I want something, I'll go look for it. Normal people usually do....