Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

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What a crock - early in that article it says:

Michael Botticelli, who led the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at the time, said neither Justice nor the DEA objected to the bill, removing a major obstacle to the president’s approval.

Then you keep reading and find DEA and DOJ fought this bill for YEARS! And most involved got so tired of beating their heads against the wall they just quit, or joined the revolting revolving door in DC. The entire sordid story is sickening beyond belief, greed and money won in the end - too bad AMRN didn't (or couldn't) use the same tactics to get ANCHOR approved! Still wonder in the back of my mind what would have happened if GSK or PFE or some other BP headquartered in the US would have tried to get ANCHOR indication.

BTW, DEA has been compromised way beyond this law limiting their powers - back when I had my 2 serious neck surgeries I was on/off opiate pain meds for 1 1/2 yrs - I recall trying to get an Oxycontin scrip refilled late in 2004 or 2005 and CVS said they didn't have any - I asked if other stores did, answer was no, and furthermore no pharmacies in the US had any - the annual quote the DEA establishes every year for each pain med had been met for Oxy and no new supplies could be made or sold, doc had to switch me to something else that wasn't anywhere close to as effective - clearly DEA has raised quotas by massive amounts and gone way overboard, probably under pressure from the same forces that got that horrible bill passed. Thank god for V pain relief properties and the alternative therapies I discovered after my PCP said "no more drugs for you" - I was lucky, never got addicted to anything (brain chemistry/genes are not predisposed to addiction), and I've taken every pain med that exists at least once, but that stuff is just not healthy for the body, especially when combined with tylenol - then it's toxic.