Patents are the current method of creating a financial incentive to create new drugs. It is very plausible to me that they could be replaced with something else like government bounties, but that couldn't be done overnight.
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It would be nice if we had some systemic analysis of it, but yeah, it seems a least the case at first blush that the end result of the patent system is that you only get research that can lead to profitable patents (by definition).
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At least you get some research though! It is absolutely the case that there are many drugs that could exist but aren't being researched, everyone knows this. But I don't see at all what you think getting rid of patents would accomplish(unless it is replaced w/ other incentives)?
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LDN is a great example of this. Has promising results in a variety of autoimmune conditions but is too cheap and unable to be patented for companies to invest time and research into.https://www.ldnresearchtrust.org/what-is-low-dose-naltrexone-ldn …
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Yes, this shows that the patent system is not giving us everything we want. This is true, known to biologists, and should be widely known. I would say it is fairly widely known. But the question is: will getting rid of patents make it so we *do* get more things we want?
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