Not only that, but the patent system is 100% essential to pharma research. Pharma takes a crapload of time from patent to market because of the many layers or trial safety. There are drugs that just plain miss their deadline -- setbacks during the testing process for enough time and then the patent expires and a medication with useful applications get lost to history.
If you substantially screwed with that without a very careful and thorough knowledge of the consequences, drug discovery could grind to a halt.
Remember, this is an industry that's more than happy to just stop making drugs and let all the sufferers die if it's not profitable enough.
If you substantially screwed with that without a very careful and thorough knowledge of the consequences, drug discovery could grind to a halt.
Remember, this is an industry that's more than happy to just stop making drugs and let all the sufferers die if it's not profitable enough.