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Other than 'some people might not be so wealthy' I haven't heard any good arguments against a given country moving all pharma research over to a government agen
by Jedd 12y ago
Other than 'some people might not be so wealthy' I haven't heard any good arguments against a given country moving all pharma research over to a government agency. (Most arguments are emotional / political / historical / naively optimistic about the current situation.)
- bluthru 12y agoAlso: information sharing. If private companies are competing for a hepatitis cure they're not sharing their advancements, which could inhibit the speed of discovery. That sounds like a public health issue to me.
- GhotiFish 12y agoHard to get away from the emotion of it when you're looking at two lines, one which says "Number of people who can afford to pay" and "Price" and picking the point that intersects. I think the most sensible argument here is that there is nothing that is guaranteeing that you are on one particular side of that intercept, despite wherever you currently may be.
- streptomycin 12y agoIt's largely the same argument for why it would be bad to nationalize other huge industries.