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 Originally Posted by Renton
So let me get this straight, TYT is bashing the profit-and-loss system for resulting in the development of a fantastic drug that will improve everyone's lives? How many more decades would it have taken to develop this drug if Bayer hadn't seen an opportunity for future profits, and responded? How many orders of magnitude of a cunt does the CEO of Bayer need to be in order to cancel out the amazing benefits that his company is providing to society? (Answer: 137)
As far as the whole patent stuff, you'll be pleased to know that most free-market advocates are against strict laws concerning intellectual property, and one of the reasons is that they result in monopolies like this that make things like drugs so costly to people.
Define everyone
Cause I assume not everyone can pay upwards of $60K to get well. Also, the situation in Elysium is eerily similar
Once they recoup their losses, will the prices automatically go down? Because I would assume no, since then it's 100% profit for them. How many orders of magnitude of a cunt does the CEO of Bayer need to be in order to cancel out the amazing benefits that his company will get from selling this drug at exactly this same price (or even an increase if it shows to be particularly effective) in the future after having already made up for their R&D investment?
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