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What’s this about pharma patent law?

Like any broken system, the people running it and its reward systems drive the behaviour that did the breaking—and money is always at the bottom of it. The financial crash in 2007/8 was down to salespeople getting unsuspecting ‘prospects’ to take out subprime mortgages; all in the name of commission, with no regard for the prospect’s ability to pay the installments. Many of you will know more about that than me.

A similar thing has happened with the pharma system. It has been broken over 40 years by pharma companies abusing the patent system to maximise earnings, aka discovering blockbusters.

I wrote about this in August, see:

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Patent law 'games' deliver Big Pharma monolopies—time for Politicians to wade in

INSIDE PHARMA post below, on patent games: “Today’s avaricious behaviour over the SARS-CoV-2 injections is merely the extension of the horrific, profit-seeking fanaticism these companies have been engaged in for decades. The common thread is the cynical gaming of patent law to create monopolies and oligopolies to extract money for very ill people…

8 months ago · 6 likes · 3 comments · Hedley Rees

This is how it begins:

“Today’s avaricious behaviour over the SARS-CoV-2 injections is merely the extension of the horrific, profit-seeking fanaticism these companies have been engaged in for decades.

The common thread is the cynical gaming of patent law to create monopolies and oligopolies to extract money from very ill people.”

This heart-breaking account brings home the hurt and suffering laid on society by an industry obsessed with turning patents into mega-profits, hang the cost to patients.”

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Make no mistake—patents have been killing…

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