How do they get a patent for what amounts to plagiarism of an older medicine, whose patent has expired and is still a matter of public record. Can I get a copyright for the works of Mark Twain or Shakespeare? This is either corrupt or nuts.
They are completely dissimilar.
More crap from big pharma
Was wondering same thing until I watched video. They are quite different drugs but they both sabatage the covid virus by inhibiting 3c protese. Seems that Ivermectin does more against the virus and that the new Pfizer stuff is both far far far far more expensive, but not as effective, and with far less known about its risk factors. Eg a crappy knock off sold at a super duper premium price.
Pharmaceuticals do this all the time, it’s called “evergreening”.
1. Develop drug, obtain patent
2. As patent approaches expiration, formulate a metabolite of the original compound
3. Submit for approval
4. Market the new drug as “better and more effective”