> > [Looks like the dairy and sugar barons have got the US Senate by the
> > gonads....]
> >
> > ===============
> >
> > They may not stand much of a chance against big pharma...
> >
> > Ian
> >
>
> ...which is, of course, pushing for changes to the Aust. pharma
> price-regulating mechanism.
>
> Grant.
>
>
> ===================
>
> Mirror, mirror
> on the wall
>
> Who's the biggest
> protection racket of them all
Those "protected" by the Aust. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are the poor bastards who have to buy prescription drugs on a regular basis, it does _not_ protect Aust pharma capital, which is probably just as keen to see it go -- sorry "reformed" -- as the US manufacturers. The difference being, of course, that Aust. manufacturing capital is relatively diminutive and therefore does not have much political clout.
Grant.