CancerCompass message board discussion started by Chanelle on 2/22/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,4588,0.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ what are the disadvantges to using virotherpy to treat cancer? Chanelle Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Global Health Policy Lives lost as vaccine programs face delays January 03, 2006 Would a Cancer Vaccine Pay? There is an interesting discussion at EconLog about the economics of vaccines. This follows a suggestion that some firms might not want to develop a vaccine for diseases such as Cancer, malaria & AIDS because it is more profitable to sell drugs than cure or prevent the disease with vaccines. Arnold Kling reaches the same conclusion as the Working Group on Making Markets for Vaccines: I had lunch with Tim Harford last week, and he pointed out that the problem with vaccines is that they are so valuable that governments cannot resist taking them. It is safer to develop something like Viagra, whose patent the government is unlikely to violate, than a cure for AIDS, because the latter is likely to be appropriated by government. Angelben Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT