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Re:The US Supreme Court is hearing a case about patent law’s... by danielweber on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @12:43PM (#13932425)
We are being asked to make the same hard decisions that each generation before us has made. And we are doing it while being far richer and having a greater repository of knowledge than them. Something's wrong with us if we quit where they preserved in worse conditions.
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Re:The US Supreme Court is hearing a case about patent law’s... by grasshopperpurp on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:52PM (#13933629)
WHO is far richer, and WHO should pay for it? Are we fine with these companies spending 1/4 of their combined profits and marketing on R & D, as J&J does? At best, this is a remarkably inefficient way to drive innovation.

The largest 10 pharmaceutical companies spent a combined $32.5B more on sales and marketing than R & D. No problem here? People are skipping dosing to stretch their meds further. Some people can't afford meds at all.

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