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Pharma IP is both zero sum and way more valuable than your real money.
by ethanbond 6y ago
Pharma IP is both zero sum and way more valuable than your real money.
- feoren 6y agoPharma IP is literally the textbook definition of non-zero-sum. You think Fleming's refusal (or inability, or whatever) to patent penicillin resulted in the discovery being zero-sum? It's hard to imagine an example of anything more positive-sum than pharmaceutical knowledge.
- ethanbond 6y agoA molecule will generally only be approved for a given indication once (until it goes generic). If one company releases it, the second one to discover it can’t.