Missing the train

Friday June 24, 2005 - 11:23AM EDT

Recently a new drug that goes by the name of BiDil has been approved. It is a drug that is specifically target at blacks. So obviously there is controversy. I don't see how any self respecting scientest would allow a drug company to debase science in the name of marketing. Race and ethinic groups are social classifications that encompass broad range of scientific classifications. Race is not a genetic grouping. By promoting this drug they are glossing over the real science and bowing to social classifications. They must find out what it is about this group of people they are targeting that makes the drug effective. It is lazy science and although it may help a little they will run into problems when they can't figure out why the drug stops working or something like that. To say the drug is more effective for black people is saying nothing. Is it what these people eat, is it the environment they live in, is it their genetic ancestory? These are all questions that are glossed over with the social classification of race. It is dangerous half-assed science. Damn fools.