• xenspidey@lemmy.zip
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    2 years ago

    Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.

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      2 years ago

      Guess they’d be stuck with relying on research grants and finding cheaper ways to combat diseases

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        2 years ago

        No, they would just keep everything trade secret and we’d have no idea how to replicate the medicine.

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      2 years ago

      Then there will be no new medicines, companies will not be able to afford to pay the scientists.

      That would not be true if the government funded things.

      I really wish we didn’t let Capitalism control vital to our living services.