Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

All Under Heaven — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:52:11 GMT

Whatever they plan to do with it, it can't be good. They're not going to buy it, take it off Monsanto's hands, and then safely dispose of it in the name of good and righteousness. They're a drug company, industry, Pharma. It's what they do. And when you hear about this near immune, powerful, greedy, toxic industry willing to spend this much money on something (especially something no one wants), you can probably expect they'll be doing something with it.

They don't see it as a toxic, cancer-causing genetically engineered chemical being put in milk and dairy. They see it as an asset. An asset that they can make change to (a new name or new formula, perhaps), that will sicken and kill many more people in another way for their own profitable interest or whatever other sick agenda they have. Since rBST is more known to the people and commonly rejected everywhere, you can also bet you won't know what it is because Eli Lilly isn't telling. They'll use it in something else. It might be in the form of a vaccine, a drug for children, something for women, pregnant women (remember DES and Thalidomide?), elderly, whatever.

Or they might not find anything useful for it and wasted their money after all. Just like how you sometimes buy things you never use. I doubt that, though. I am no friend of industry, they will never be a force of good.

Just from my point of view, "Posilac" sounds just like "POIS-" as in 'POISON' and "LAC" as in 'lactate' combined together.

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

FunRun — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:26:46 GMT

It is strange that the focus has been on cows milk. Rarely do you see cheese, yogurt or other more concentrated dairy products with a label stating that it is made from the milk of cows not treated with BST.

And now, with the bad economy, we Americans are (perversely) eating out at inexpensive restaurants more often and are less scrupulous in what we are shoveling into our bodies. No doubt, McD has BST double cheeseburgers and milkshakes on the menu.

I wonder if Lily is hoping that people will continue to increasingly chose stores like the 99 Cents Only store for milk as the price difference between treated and untreated product increases.

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

david — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:36:14 GMT

Perhaps the purchasing company are already planning the drug to combat the vast tranche of side effects expected in the population from consuming this substance and are therefore going to 'give it away' at an amazing discount?

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

Islander — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:10:44 GMT

Monsanto did not get where it is today through being run by fools. They see public resistance growing and got out at the right time. The question now becomes, what the fiduciary is Lilly going to do with it? I have to assume their CEO is no slouch either.... so why did they just drop a big chunk of change for a product no one wants? Hmmm?

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

PepperR23 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:02:41 GMT

My question is, what is Eli Lilly planning to do with this drug? Re-name it and give it to some poor, unsuspecting women for treatment of various female complaints? It is absolutely horrible what the poor cows have had to suffer from being given this drug. Many people have been harmed from consuming dairy products that came from cows that have been injected with this drug. Where will it end?

re: Eli Lilly Pays Monsanto $300 Million for Controversial Dairy Hormone

Matt79 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:42:07 GMT

Alright!!!!. Now the makers of thimersol get another awesome product. Thats great for them. xp