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medical patent benefits questionable as wellmedical patent benefits questionable as wellPosted Apr 10, 2008 4:01 UTC (Thu) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224)In reply to: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case by droundy Parent article: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearing Actually, patents in the medical arena are rather questionable as well. From (copied from http://www.tomhull.com/blog/archives/540-Patent-Myths.html): The extraordinary profits attainable via patents steers privately funded research toward patentable products, away from any refinement of proven generic treatments. The research is mostly done in secret, where other researchers cannot critique or contribute. The results, and their marketing, are colored by business interests. ... Needless to say, the recent high profile drug recalls (Vioxx, depression drugs, etc), and issues with "new" drugs (patent protected of course) being less effective than old generic ones (but that fact hidden by bad, misleading or incomplete pharma-funded studies) highlight this perfectly.
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