[quonn]

> In a fair world we would allocate funds for medical research based on number of people suffering from illness and not their purchasing power

Those who can afford it would still set up their own labs and pay their own scientists. There is nothing wrong with that.

But the government should of course do things differently, I agree, which is why the health system including research should be run directly by the state (instead of being funded indirectly via insurance) and patents for pharmaceuticals should not be granted anymore.

Since the big companies involved currently spend most of their money on marketing (again paid for indirectly by insurance), this would also lower the total costs.