Speaking of which ...
re DDT phenom - am aware that there is rebuttal to this old thesis
Does anyone recall about two weeks ago someone here was talking about a drug on which the patent was about to expire, and the holder of the patent suddenly[1] "discovered" how hazardous it was?[2] I was trying to tell someone about it the other day and couldn't remember which drug it was.
[1] ie: Just before anyone was able to sell a generic.
[2] Or course they had a "perfectly safe" replacement waiting in the wings by this time.
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