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Old 11-18-2008, 08:42 PM  
pocketkangaroo
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Originally Posted by aico View Post
There was a story, not sure if it's true or not about some guys in Canada who actually found a cure for cancer but they made it so cheap (no patent so anyone could make it, ie. generic) that no pharm company wants it, cuz there is no profit.

The drug is called dichloroacetate (DCA)
It's an interesting story. It's not necessarily a cure, it's just something they've found that looks like it could really help cancer patients. They are just starting clinical trials on humans now for it.

But like you said, there is no support from big Pharm for the drug. It takes almost a billion dollars to get something FDA approved. So the likelihood of it being made available in the U.S. legally is a crap shoot.
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