Health Boards
Thu-01-12-2011, 16:35 PM
You have had psoriasis for a number of years and have tried all the prescribed treatments, you have tried all the over the counter drugs, you have tried a diet and life style change, you even fell for the con artist out there and parted with your hard earned cash trying to be rid of psoriasis.
One day you wake up with an idea buzzing around your head that you think could work. After all these years you hadn’t noticed that the cure for psoriasis was staring you in the face! You go about collecting the things you need to mix up a potion and after a few failed attempts; you think you have finally got it right.
OK let’s not get too carried away with it all. You have to try it first before telling anyone. So you start using your potion in small doses as well as keeping a diary of the trials. This goes on for about a year and you haven’t said a word to anyone.
So your potion works. After 2 months you were completely clear and had stopped taking the potion. You can’t believe it yourself so you share your potion with a trusted friend who also gets clear in two months.
You both remain clear and for around 5 years and decide you must share this with the world. But where to start? Should you form a company, should you get a patent, should you even try Dragons Den? Damn all this worry is enough to bring on a flare up. But it doesn’t, you are both still clear.
The cure that everyone has been looking for exists and you and your friend have it. You want to share it with the world for free, it’s easy to make at home and anyone with your instructions could make it. Your friend however wants to sell it and make lots of money; after all it’s got to be worth anyone with psoriasis paying €100 to be clear for the rest of their life.
Luckily you and your friend still get on very well and you both decide to sit down and discuss it. After a few days your friend tells you he has contacted four of the big drug manufacturers to ask if they would be interested in a psoriasis cure. You are livid; you wanted it to be free to the world and just wanted to see everyone cured of psoriasis.
Within a few days you have offers from the big four drug companies, they are all interested but they all want it removed from the market. They have sent you and your friend an offer of One Hundred Million to remove it from the market, destroy any notes, and never talk about it again. If you break the contract they will take you to court for Two Hundred Million.
So what do you do? Would you say no to One Hundred Million, if you did could you trust your friend? Or would you just give it to the whole world for free and watch the big four drug manufacturers run it into the ground with false allegations about how your potion can kill people!
P.S No I haven’t developed a potion. If I had do you think I would be sitting here typing this with my stiff flaky fingers?
One day you wake up with an idea buzzing around your head that you think could work. After all these years you hadn’t noticed that the cure for psoriasis was staring you in the face! You go about collecting the things you need to mix up a potion and after a few failed attempts; you think you have finally got it right.
OK let’s not get too carried away with it all. You have to try it first before telling anyone. So you start using your potion in small doses as well as keeping a diary of the trials. This goes on for about a year and you haven’t said a word to anyone.
So your potion works. After 2 months you were completely clear and had stopped taking the potion. You can’t believe it yourself so you share your potion with a trusted friend who also gets clear in two months.
You both remain clear and for around 5 years and decide you must share this with the world. But where to start? Should you form a company, should you get a patent, should you even try Dragons Den? Damn all this worry is enough to bring on a flare up. But it doesn’t, you are both still clear.
The cure that everyone has been looking for exists and you and your friend have it. You want to share it with the world for free, it’s easy to make at home and anyone with your instructions could make it. Your friend however wants to sell it and make lots of money; after all it’s got to be worth anyone with psoriasis paying €100 to be clear for the rest of their life.
Luckily you and your friend still get on very well and you both decide to sit down and discuss it. After a few days your friend tells you he has contacted four of the big drug manufacturers to ask if they would be interested in a psoriasis cure. You are livid; you wanted it to be free to the world and just wanted to see everyone cured of psoriasis.
Within a few days you have offers from the big four drug companies, they are all interested but they all want it removed from the market. They have sent you and your friend an offer of One Hundred Million to remove it from the market, destroy any notes, and never talk about it again. If you break the contract they will take you to court for Two Hundred Million.
So what do you do? Would you say no to One Hundred Million, if you did could you trust your friend? Or would you just give it to the whole world for free and watch the big four drug manufacturers run it into the ground with false allegations about how your potion can kill people!
P.S No I haven’t developed a potion. If I had do you think I would be sitting here typing this with my stiff flaky fingers?