> What's the use of medical advancement that can't help more than 10% of humanity? A drug under patent might be accessible to 10% of the population now, but co

> What's the use of medical advancement that can't help more than 10% of humanity? A drug under patent might be accessible to 10% of the population now, but considering the number of people who will be able to access it in the future the total percentage looks very different. 50 years from now, long after the drug has gone generic, what percentage of the population who lived over that time would have had access? It would be far more than 50%.