It costs a lot to develop these things, I hope they can cure diabetes and kidney failure someday
“It costs a lot to develop these things, I hope they can cure diabetes and kidney failure someday”
Yes, they do. There’s a reason only one nation in the world really does any significant pharmaceutical development - our medical patent protection laws give a private company a chance to actually make a profit after they spend the billions necessary to develop and bring to market a new drug.
It’s more than a little concerning to realize that it wouldn’t take much mucking about with our tax, patent, or private property laws in order to destroy the world’s largest engine of medical research. A little bit of socialism and then we’re back to the old system of “eh, chew some weeds and see if it goes away” as far as research goes.