[nnain]

qwerty's question isn't hypothetical. Pharma research indeed is a high stakes game.

What's more appropriate to ask though is how do developing/under-developed countries compete with the money spending power of west. Are the poor people forever destined to look for aid from the west? If they ain't creating all the drugs, they ain't creating all the horrible diseases either. Many tribes were perfectly happy and healthy until the intruders affected their ecosystem.

[mjburgess]

Many tribes were perfectly happy and healthy until the intruders affected their ecosystem.

No. That's just your american white guilt playing up.