Are Big Pharma suppressing the cure for cancer? Find out the facts with Cancer Research UK.
Watch the video to learn more, or find everything you need to know on our blog: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/24/dont-believe-the-hype-10-persistent-cancer-myths-debunked/
Hand in hand with the idea that there is a cornucopia of ‘miracle cures’ is the idea that governments, the pharmaceutical industry and even charities are colluding to hide the cure for cancer because they make enough money from existing treatments.
Whatever the particular ‘cure’ being talked about, the logic is usually the same: it’s readily available, cheap and can’t be patented, so the medical establishment is suppressing it in order to make money. It’s important to point out that some cancers can already be cured. And there’s no conspiracy, developing and trialling new treatments costs money and sometimes these treatments don’t work
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Dr Fiona Simpson and her team are at the clinical trial stage of developing a promising new way to treat certain cancers. The only problem is it is based on dosages of a cheap, readily available drug that is no longer under patent. She says pharmaceutical companies don’t want to pursue it because they won’t be able to make money from it. This is Dr Simpson’s powerful, personal story about the business of cancer research.
Recorded as part of a live Ockham’s Razor event at the World Science Festival 2018 in Brisbane. Subscribe to the Ockham’s Razor podcast for talks from the world’s best science minds.
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