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this has been going on a long time. usually they'll just tweak the release mechanism or the dosage form and get a new patent. this is just an even more galling example when you consider the difference in side effect profiles here. truly despicable.
It is despicable, but I don't really know what the solution might be, other than Socialism.
open source pharmapunk scene should be a thing. hell it could be a thing already for all I know
Well I guess it is if you count meth / crack as pharma.
In terms of researching new therapeutic drugs I don't think most people would be able to be contributors if they don't have multi million dollar labs on hand.
Well duh socialism it is then, lets nationalize those labs.
I don't, lol
maybe not drug discovery but my fever dream showed me a world where there are thousands of comrade chemists and pharmacists making and freely distributing already-known pharmaceuticals to people who need them, free of charge
drug discovery can and should continue to be done via public funding after the pharmaceutical companies are nationalized. this was also a scene from my dream.