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This is probably true - and I am not here to point fingers - but I will say that the insulin manufacturers are at some fault too, they do just enough to keep re
by sithlord 5y ago
This is probably true - and I am not here to point fingers - but I will say that the insulin manufacturers are at some fault too, they do just enough to keep renewing their rights to their insulins every time they come around.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoYou cannot renew a patent in the US. They get a new product patented, but anyone is still free to come along and make the older one. However, I bet there is a ton of expertise and cost required with doing that, and that is what is stopping others.
- sithlord 5y agothey "renew" by "improving" their existing product enough to make it obsolete, and to get a new patent. Per the article below this has been happening since 1923 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/why_people_with_diabetes_cant_buy_generic_insulin https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/why_peop...
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThat is better described as a new patent. The product for the patent that expired is expired, and can be made by others.