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Odds are the "make a cure from it" part would be a human invention and therefore patentable. And even if all "cures" are no longer patentable - society wants c
by 298219640 11y ago
Odds are the "make a cure from it" part would be a human invention and therefore patentable.
And even if all "cures" are no longer patentable - society wants cures to diseases. So if the system isn't delivering cures society will change the approval system[1]. It's not like the current approval process was handed down from god on stone tablets.
1) Or change patent law to cover discoveries from nature.
- refurb 11y agoOdds are the "make a cure from it" part would be a human invention and therefore patentable. That's a use patent and it's inferior to a composition patent. Look at what's happening to Pfizer in the UK. They had a use patent on Lyrica, but no composition patent on it. That means anyone is free to make the drug. You can't really stop a doctor from using a drug for a certain disease if it's freely available.