Wednesday, January 28, 2015

How Fast-Tracking Rich People Into Drug Trials Could Help Everyone

If they donate precious research dollars for rare diseases, why not?


In 2007, Alexander Masters watched his best friend die of neuroendocrine cancer of the pancreas—the same disease that killed Steve Jobs—and wondered what he could do. Chemotherapy wasn't helping, so he started looking around for alternatives. Masters came across a promising treatment that had been developed at a Swedish university. But, to his frustration, he learned it had been shelved for lack of funding.


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from Co.Exist http://www.fastcoexist.com/3038978/how-fast-tracking-rich-people-into-drug-trials-could-help-everyone?partner=rss

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