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American pharmaceutical companies are just as evil as the military industrial complex. Change my view. (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Companies like Eli Lilly, Merck, GSK, Bristol-Meyers Squibb cause and perpetuate massive amounts of human suffering. I view them on the same level as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. Input?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, as soon as non-chemo, proton, etc. cancer cures are found they will be available to the upper-class, medical advancements aren't kept secret, but...

Guess which form of cancer is at the forefront of research in terms of finding cures/prevention. Melanoma. Can you guess why?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because it has a well understood oncogenesis, because immunotherapy and selective therapy drugs tend to work well against Melanomas, and because since it's localized in peripheral tissues it's easy to access and model?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Nah cause its for white people /hj

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

All cancer treatments disproportionately benefit white people, as they can disproportionately afford them and disproportionately have better access to diagnostic tests. It actually wouldn't be sufficient to explain the difference in why melanoma treatments are more developed.