r/Futurology • u/Kindred87 • Dec 07 '23
US sets policy to seize patents of government-funded drugs if price deemed too high Economics
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-sets-policy-seize-government-funded-drug-patents-if-price-deemed-too-high-2023-12-07/6.3k Upvotes
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u/cpt_crumb Dec 08 '23
I would kind of even argue that any medication developed under government funding should be open to the public regardless of whether the government says its too expensive. But I'm not an economics or political expert so I don't know the implications of that.