Discussion on Cancer Research Funding

It's so it's so important.

So that's one of the the components

of this first round of grants

that are going out

and then the second portion of this

And and honestly, I've had so many people

come up to me and talk about this

and that is the generic drug Repurposing component

of this grant and so that's specifically

for things like ivermectin

So I know that that's been in the news

quite a bit and made a lot of news

during COVID Mel Gibson was on Joe Rogan's podcast

and he was talking about people that he

ever was friends with and they overcame Stage four cancer

and so here's like my perspective and

I've talked to the surgeon general about this

like that's generic form I think it costs like 77 cents per pill

Is there any incentive

on the part of some to want to research this when you're not?

Guaranteed to have a big ROI, right?

If you have a novel technology or a pharmaceutical

and you have that monopoly in that competitive edge

Well, then you're probably gonna make a lot more money

if you're researching like something like ivermectin that's generic

Are you gonna be able to a find a study

that you can get the money to be able to fund it?

But are you guaranteed revenue for your company going down in the future?

Yeah, I don't know the answer to that,

but I do know that we should look at it

We should look at the benefits of it

We shouldn't just speculate and guess we should as the state of Florida

with over a billion Dollars in funding

since Ron DeSantis took office for cancer

We should be looking into things that are in generic form

and do they show outcomes and do they show hope

for people who are? Suffering and we're uniquely positioned to do that

because we're not in it for an ROI from a corporate standpoint

We're in it for an ROI on behalf of you the taxpayer

and you who has a family member who's suffering from cancer

and God forbid that you suffer from cancer

And so that's why I think we're uniquely positioned to be able to help people

and I'm just honestly I don't like talking about cancer ever.

I told dr. Panetta on more than one occasion

I'd rather sit in my closet never say the cancer word again

But I am so immensely proud of what this state has done

to really step up to try to provide hope to a lot of people

to Invest in meaningful things.

It's one thing to appropriate money But

it's another thing to drive outcomes to hold yourself accountable

and to try to incentivize Prevention and better treatment

so very proud of this guy for a lot of reasons

because they put up with me while I was battling Cancer,

but very proud of what he's done to really stand by me

through the fight and to give hope to a lot of people across the state