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> The reasons we have acetaminophen with all its risks is because there is nothing better. Of course there are better drugs. But they are not patentable, they
by NoZebra120vClip 4y ago
> The reasons we have acetaminophen with all its risks is because there is nothing better.
Of course there are better drugs. But they are not patentable, they are not profitable, and they are not synthesized by chemical factories like the Union Carbide in Bhopal. All of that makes them really unpopular!
- hilbert42 4y agoAcetaminophen is not patentable and it's dirt cheap to produce. So what unpatentable drugs are better?
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoThat depends on what you call a "drug". Are we using the FDA definition?
- hilbert42 4y agoFDA or not, what are they?
- pfisherman 4y agoThis is a talking point I hear a lot that has little basis in fact. There are many active pharmaceutical ingredients that are natural products, modified natural products, or analogues of natural products. See Metformin and French Lilac. In fact, a big part of what medicinal chemists do is designing “better” molecules. And some well capitalized pharma companies even come out and say their strategy is “best in class, not first in class”.
- refurb 4y agoI mean, most OTC analgesic drugs aren't patentable either, yet companies happily sell them for a profit. Please list these "better" drugs, I'm eager to start a business around them.