[arpp]

because people are disgusting... companies are obsessed with money and they really give a shit if there are hundred of thousands dying because they aren't rich enough for buying their products.

The right to use certain information (aka patents) is more important than human life in our society.

[thatfloatingguy]

I think the whole evergreening and "patent a trivial change to our drug because the previous patent expiring" thing is wrong, but a company should profit after inventing a life-saving drug.

Look at it this way, if tomorrow a company came out with a complete cure for cancer, and we took away their right to profit from it, yes it'd put cancer victims in a good spot. But it'd screw everyone with a not-yet-cured disease over, when the company can't afford to pay employees, and the medical research industry goes down the drain.

People work for a profit, and that includes medical researches, who go through years of school. You take away that profit motive, they'll have to go do something else to put a roof over their head, and you'll save more lives in the short-term at a very high very long-term expense.

[arpp]

Sure... US $58.566 billion (2011) is not enough profits

[icebraining]

But they only have that profit because they have patents. You can't use it to justify the claim that patents are unnecessary.

[vaadu]

I'm assuming you think drugs come from the Easter bunny.