One of the great pleasures of being on a college campus is to observe the regular doses of hypocrisy, inconsistency and message massaging that takes place. It sort of feels like working in Disney Land. In today’s installment we learn some good news about a new medical device that was developed here at the U of R:
A University of Rochester Medical Center startup company that developed an imaging system to detect breast cancer, announced that it has obtained a key approval from the European Union signaling that it is in compliance with legislation and medical device regulation. This will allow the system to be marketed and sold throughout the EU.
Which would be good news of course. But this news raises three issues:
U.S. Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-Fairport) supported the company’s efforts in 2008 by securing approximately $3 million from the DOD to fund ongoing research and development. Slaughter’s commitment to early detection of breast cancer as well as the opportunity for economic growth in Rochester were key reasons for her support of the Koning project.
Maybe her commitment to early detection of breast cancer is sincere – sincere enough to pressure the FDA to ease off on the approval of medical devices that American Women might hope one day to have access to. And as far as economic growth in Rochester, I look forward to the follow up article showing how much economic growth in Duluth she is responsible for killing because there are $3 million fewer investment dollars there. And I am sure the political allocation of capital does a far better job at determining where the “next big thing” is than if it were done privately. More to say, but time to get to work.
“Do the socialists… on campus”
There’s quite few in the U of R medical school. I know about 3-4. I’ve heard them make a lot weirder arguments than the one you make.
WC makes a sound point. Several points, maybe a few before he has to go to work. But one thing I want to pick up on is his “One of the great thing…” comments.
This is a message to wintercow’s students, many of whom charge his batteries to leave his house early in the morning. He wakes up and thinks, “What a great….”
I know that wintercow’s students have been engaged in serious learning, and there are surely others who have not tuned into wintercow’s frequency, including some in Northwestern New York who might aspire to educational leadership, and may have achieved a grand title in academia. But many thanks to you, who keep Wintercow active, my friends.