This comment is full out retarded...why do you think they should share their work for free in India, or any other country, for that matter? And if they don;t, you equal them with nazis..
Basic point is this: fame and fortune drive innovation. This is how the world works. Bayer needs to make as much profit as it can from this product in order to cover their R&D costs (and the R&D costs for the other dozen or so projects who didn't materialize in a consumer product that could bring a profit), and still retain the incentive to start working on other drugs.
And while is true that this companies bring a lot of profit (which could be lowered), the best solution, IMHO, is for national states to subsidy the costs for the population
WHy are you hurt so bard after learning the history lesson ma ??
FYI i will repost my example which you missed . These Pharma companies are doing ever greening which we will not allow .
And old comment by some author on similar issue ( Regarding Novartis Gleevac in India )
"It will be portrayed in Media as if a valid patent has been trampled upon by Indian court. However, that is not the case. The drug patent HAS expired. The company benefited immensely from drug with worldwide sales of around 8.5 bn usd just last year. Given this is a cash cow for company, it has made a slight modification to the drug by adding another ingredient whose effectiveness has not been demonstrated and is trying to add another 20 years of monopoly. In fact, in western countries it has introduced another drug to replace Gleevac.
Irony is, the new patent will not cover just the new drug but the old compound as well. So the generic company cannot manufacture the old drug which is past the patent period!
Another glimmick is the huge RnD costs involved. Well science is not a bucket case in today's world. In whole wide world, the various universities, most of them public funded ones keep researching on new drug possiblities and line of action mechanisms. These research published in well known publications are used as a ground to develop new drugs. In short, it is the whole world, more so the western world, funding the research and not just a particular company. For a company to claim such strange monopoly by patent laws, they actually need to have people with no prior education and no access to common knowledge pool of humanity and still they will have a prior art manifestation in their hands.
The propoganda of patent is getting more absurd by the day. A tool to protect the poor innovator is now a giant shield for the most powerful and a sword to kill. Literally in this case."
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Declein Bayen can make some More Zyklon-B from Assad and other dictators to recover some money . After all It is all fame and profit driven .
