Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
We don’t see as many of those annoying drug ads on TV anymore because, simply, their patents ran out and all of those drugs became available in “generic” form at a tenth of the price. For a while the drug industry was in a panic, but then they came up with a new idea – that, for now, is working very well.
The idea that the drug industry in the US could, after their big patents ran out in 2012 and 2013, shift their profit center to an INCREASED CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE, with NO legal liability (they can’t be sued), using, what are supposed to be OUR “watchdog” groups; Federal, State, and local governments, as their marketing tool, is at best absurd…
But, that’s what we have, and…
Tim Bolen – Consumer Advocate