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MaupitiBlue | 6 years ago

That would certainly incentivize pharma to develop the next antiviral, wouldn’t it?

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hiccuphippo|6 years ago

If there's no humans left, they'd have 100% of the market.

erentz|6 years ago

They're still going to get paid a hell of a lot of money if this drug works. It's not just going to be taken from them without any kind of compensation at all from the US Government and others.

viraptor|6 years ago

That's getting close to false dichotomy: rely on patents or get no research. Maybe a different financial model is required these days. Not everything needs to reach late stage capitalism.