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by ffgjgf1 723 days ago
> Cancel the patent on the only Anthrax medicine available due to "national security".

Wouldn’t that discourage these companies from spending money to develop new drugs on their own in the future?

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Didn't stop Bayer from doing R&D. They even ate the dead rat that was Monsanto.
Well it’s not something that happens regularly or even at all outside of very exceptional circumstances, so I’m not sure how can you claim that..