[Blood of Tyrants]

This would stop development of new drugs dead. No one is going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing new drugs if the government is going to steal the patents.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ This would stop development of new drugs dead. No one is going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing new drugs if the government is going to steal the patents.”

EXACTLY!!
Say it a thousand times.
Communists want to redistribute wealth , they don’t realize wealth will stop being created when they destroy the system .
We will be back to using tree bark for medicine .

[HollyB]

Exactly

[Gaffer]

Stealing of medical drug patents is really no different than stealing regular patents. That’s a pretty tall order to survive suits that would come up all the way to the USSC.

[Alberta's Child]

The details of the article tell a different story. What this should do is incentivize drug companies to develop new drugs without using taxpayer funds.

[usurper]

This would stop development of new drugs dead. No one is going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing new drugs if the government is going to steal the patents.

Perhaps, but remember we are talking about drugs partially funded by our tax dollars. We are stake holders and at a minimum should be getting royalties.

No more tax payer handouts for international corporations and big pharma. They invest their profits in supporting progressive polotitions and causes.