Re: Orphan Drug


"GB" <NOTsomeone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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GBP 2000 was reported as being paid to one of the people taking part. I
was surprised it was so high.


I think I'd rather sell one of my kidneys for that sum than take a drug with
unknown side-effects that could conceivably produce multi-organ failure or
maybe cancer in thirty years time, or sterility, or who knows what else.

How could you assess the risk to you as a volunteer? I'm amazed that anyone
is willing to do it. I know nothing about the biochemistry but my guess is
that a drug that results in "enhanced activation of T lymphocytes" might
perhaps result in an auto-immune response of massive proportions. Stop me
if I'm talking bollocks....

When can we expect demands that the doctors in charge of the trial should be
prosecuted? Were they only obeying orders?


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