Yeah, this looks like somewhat of the storyline of "AVATAR" . OTOH, he is right to some extent. I am personally aware of companies being involved such activities(e.g. "TULSI" , "PUDINA" aresome of the names that I know are being used..). I do agree that not all of their products are derived plants. Many of the research activities are bearing fruit.
The work on Structural Biology and ribosomes has helped make improvements in better medicines. I personally believe that the profits from the plant-derived products are overpriced and should be regulated more. As they say, money does tend to make a man greedy... JD On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote: > You've been watching too many movies. > > On Sep 6, 12:10 am, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Back to pharma, it could be argued that most or nearly all medicines are > not > > the result of research but rather they go to the jungle and steal and > > extract the potent chemical of some plant. I guess that means that all > these > > patents have prior art as the local people in that jungle already knew > about > > the benefits of taken said plant, its only the big pharmaceutical that > got > > all greedy and decided to charge for something they got for free. This > > sounds a lot like open source, where some companies bundle/repackage open > > source with some extras for mega bucks. Without the "free" start they > would > > have nothing. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
