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YouTube - Gary Null Speaking Out at the NYS Assembly Hearing | 10-13-2009 | (part 1 of 3)
YouTube - Gary Null Speaking Out at the NYS Assembly Hearing | 10-13-2009 | (part 2 of 3)
YouTube - Gary Null Speaking Out at the NYS Assembly Hearing | 10-13-2009 | (part 3 of 3)

In the third segment he speaks on the cost of production for various popular prescriptions showing the discrepancy between cost and price on the market. The market price has built into it the recouping of expenses on development, testing, and approval plus a fat profit till the patent runs out. This is the main reason we do not get safer, more effective drugs based on naturally occurring compounds despite their lower cost, lower side effects and very often greater effectiveness. Unpantentable substances don't make enough money because there is no exclusivity, so if the cherry growers advertise that cherries help alleviate arthritis symptoms (a scientific fact) they are sued by the FDA at the behest of the drug companies who don't want competition from an "unapproved drug."