Chip Melford asked: "So, how does tweaking a substance protected by patent
.....achieve anything other than broken law or five or more?
The answer was there in the original post:
Quote:
The potential benefits and geopolitical implications of this approach
are almost limitless. Imagine a world where the most downtrodden can be
rescued from the ravages of chronic disease that now beset them, generation
after generation. A world where they don't droop and languish, where their
energies are not consumed and exhausted in the struggle for survival. A
world where their children are born to healthy mothers, with all the proven
advantages for future development, both physically and mentally, that such a
birth provides. Imagine a world where the preventable deaths and epidemics
that break down societal bonds, devastate communities, cripple local
economies, destroy families and make any kind of political action almost
impossible are a thing of the past.
Unquote.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Mefford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:12 AM
Subject: [Biofuel] I don't get it, (was: Shakeup for Big Pharm)
> Bob Molloy wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Something to ponder, a helluva shakeup for Big Pharm.
> > Regards,
> > Bob.
> >
> (grumble, I hate formatted text)
>
> > Medical Breakthrough Could Change Global Politics
> > By Chris Floyd
> > t r u t h o u t | UK Correspondent
>
> snip
>
> >Tuesday 16 January 2007
> BIG SNIP
> > The approach is called "ethical pharmaceuticals," and it was unveiled on
January 2
> > by Sunil Shaunak, professor of infectious diseases at Imperial College,
and Steve
> > Brocchini of the London School of Pharmacy, the Guardian reports. Their
team of
> > scientists in India and the UK, financed by the prestigious Wellcome
with technical
> > assistance from the UK government,
> --key point here--
> > have developed a method of making small but significant changes to the
molecular
> > structure of existing drugs, thereby transforming them into new
products, circumventing
> > the long-term patents used by the corporate giants of Big Pharma to keep
prices - and profits - high.
>
> BIG SNIP
>
>
> Okay, so the 'new' drug is clearly derived from the old drug, and
> derivatives are usually covered under pretty much all 'intellectual
> property' law, so I don't see how this would accomplish anything.
>
> Note, that I am totally and completely opposed to patented drugs,
> and if possible even more opposed to patented code, and the concept
> of patented organisms just makes my head spin. The whole concept is
> totally broken, and doesn't need revisiting, it all needs to be scrapped
> and a new system instituted. However, that isn't likely to happen
> any time soon, if at all.
>
>
>
>
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