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To: Lx
Might not be a bad idea to buy some stock in Roche. I need to see if they're the patent holder and the only one allowed to make it.

Hmmmm, from Wiki: A quick visit to the page on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site that contains the "Patent Assignment Abstract of Title" for Patent #5763483 (for oseltamivir) clearly shows that Gilead Sciences, Inc., located at 353 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, California 94404, is the patent holder, having been assigned it by the five named researchers who invented this particular "carbocyclic compound."

I can't find if Roche is the sole license holder but it appears they are since governments are demanding the right to make it do to the 'pandemic'. Scary article:

http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=1255&chid=0

OK, maybe this would save millions of lives (I thought all it did was relieve symptoms but what do I know?) but it seems to me to set a precedent for this kind of looting.

16 posted on 11/16/2009 7:30:48 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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17 posted on 11/16/2009 7:32:36 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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