[saint_fiasco]

I think you are focusing on the successful pharma products.

When a company begins an expensive research project, they don't know beforehand if it will be profitable or not.

If little-to-medium pharma were compensated generously for the risks they take, they would make more research in new drugs, but because the risk is not compensated, only big pharma can afford the research.

[joesmo]

I don't see how that changes the fact that these companies have profits in the billions, are still not satisfied, and are willing to contribute to the murder of millions to increase their profits. India should have some fucking balls and stand up for its people and repeal these patent laws designed to make a couple of people rich while murdering so many.

[saint_fiasco]

I don't see how enforcing patents is equivalent to murder.

It's not like if it weren't for the evil pharma companies, everyone would have access to advanced medicine. Quite the contrary, in fact.

We are not talking about software here. Developing medications requires huge investments in developed countries, and no one will develop in the other countries because there is no patent protection in those countries.