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To be fair: (1) Finding the molecular conformation is only a tiny piece of the puzzle. (2) If we were to discover a vaccine for HIV, many countries such as In
by earl 15y ago
To be fair:
(1) Finding the molecular conformation is only a tiny piece of the puzzle.
(2) If we were to discover a vaccine for HIV, many countries such as India, Thailand, Brazil, and China would instantly break any necessary patents. This is at it should be -- the countries that can afford it fund R&D and those that can't share in the results.
- archangel_one 15y agoSomething along the lines of a smaller version of (2) happened some years back in South Africa, since they've got a higher rate of HIV than any other country. IIRC, they were ignoring patents and manufacturing various medicines locally instead. Token citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_South_Africa#2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_South_Africa#2001
- Haraldson 15y agoYeah, good to know. These countries are probably too big even for big drug corps to take on. Do you know anything about the quality of the locally manufactured drugs you mentioned, by the way?