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AIDS Drug Patent Revoked In US
eldavojohn writes "Doctors Without Borders is reporting that four patents for tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, a key AIDS/HIV drug, have been revoked on grounds of prior art. This is potentially good news for India & Brazil who need this drug to be cheap; if the US action leads to the patent being rejected in these countries, competition could drastically lower prices. But the ruling bad news for Gilead Sciences. The company has vowed to appeal. We discussed this drug before."
Awww... come on dude, is USA a communist / socialist state with Free medicine and care for all?
Only dumb, classless, countries like Britain, France, Soviet Union have[had] such socialist tax funded medical research, where your next door 2-bit no-good neighbor who works as a construction worker gets the same medical care as you[who is a investment banker].
This is good ol' US of A. Where it is finally good to be flithy rich.
My money buys me better treatment because i fund the research.
Tax money for research?? What sort of crap is this? Why would i want the benefit of research to be shared amongst every tom, Dick and harry?
So that the next door illegal migrant gets treatment while i wait in queue???
No way. I fund the research and my company alone benefits from it. That is why USA has a strong patent system, although some stupid altruists want it to be revoked.
Taxes should be used to subsidise corn growers, steel makers and car producers. Not to fund medical research that benefits illegal migrants.
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer