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effectTo me the most important is their life-saving differences - how HIV generic drugs changed lives in SA and other developing countries for example. And how companies tried to sue and then gave up. Morality versus profits is an interesting discussion too ———— Dr. Catarina Amorim DPhil (Immunology) MSc (Science Communication) Mobile: +44 (0) 7789635449 http://users.ox.ac.uk/~lina0785/english%20index.html http://www.science20.com/profile/catarina_amorim @StorytellingSci<https://twitter.com/StorytellingSci> ________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Armando Carlone <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 08 January 2019 22:46 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] generic drugs - talk to high school students Hello everyone, I am giving a talk to high school students (16-19 y.o.) about generic drugs and wanted to hear your thoughts on which ideas and arguments would you discuss in such a talk. I was going to start from the perception of more expensive -> better quality, going through why patents are there for, why they expire, the cost of developing a drug, the fact that generics are same quality and bioavailability, why generics are cheaper... Armando ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print Contact Jisc Helpline: Email: [log in to unmask], Telephone: 0300 300 2212 ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print Contact Jisc Helpline: Email: [log in to unmask], Telephone: 0300 300 2212 **********************************************************************