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Originally Posted by Fanas
Drugs still cost ridiculous amounts of money, way over reasonable profit. If people can be saved by showing a finger to the greedy corporations, then I say - go for it. Drug companies still will come up with new drugs.
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You'd do well to investigate a bit further - the problem is that the "ridiculous amounts" of money have to not only pay for the costs of the single drug they're charged for, but also the costs involved in the development/testing/trials of the 100's that don't end up as being suitable.
While it's not as might be liked, in the real world, if patents, etc, were changed such that the costs were unable to be recouped, then there's no way the
"Drug companies still will come up with new drugs", as they're not charities & would immediately stop almost all R&D.