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Bill: Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2179
Description[?]:
| The DHSS has held a public consultation exercise and developed the following policies based on feedback from a broad selection of citizens. http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewnews.php?newsid=33636&nation=11 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:45:09, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | How can the DHSS suggest such a policy? |
| Date | 09:48:00, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | It's based on a public 'think tank'. |
| Date | 09:51:24, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | Made up of the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies? |
| Date | 09:54:27, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | I doubt it. I'm sure the companies enjoyed the subsidies! |
| Date | 10:06:24, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | But will make more through unregulated price fixing. |
| Date | 13:00:46, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | The current policy has no regulation on pricing, only subsidies. This is like free money given from the taxpayers to the companies you so dispise, without condition. |
| Date | 18:11:00, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | How did you generate that poll, that's pretty nice! The custom poll option for me just has some bar graphs that aren't nearly as detailed. |
| Date | 02:55:31, February 01, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Development Act |
| Message | You can't generate those polls, they are randomly dispersed within the news. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 398 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 249 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 103 |
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