Oddly, when I was in college, this situation came up.
We debated it back and forth.
My opinion was simple, if I am the CEO of a company, and a nation reject or strips my patent for drugs or cancer or what not.
I'll have to chalk it up as a lesson learned, and realize that its foolish to ever do any kind of work in those fields again i.e. freeze all cancer and aids research immediatly and invest in something else.
What was scary, is that my idea isn't original, and alot of executives in pharmacutucal industry are starting to lean towards investment in medical technology.
The question then asked, is how many more millions will now be affected or die as a result of those decisions?
It's a valid question. I suggested in my initial post that turning loose a man like Franklin on such a dilemma would be interesting.
To even consider debating the question makes me a socialist, some suggest.