I know a few people who do fundamental drugs research. They aren't poor, but they sure as hell aren't rich and don't seem to be trying to become rich either. O

I know a few people who do fundamental drugs research. They aren't poor, but they sure as hell aren't rich and don't seem to be trying to become rich either. Obviously, if you got rid of patents, there is a question of funding, but I don't really think the laboratories can tell where the dollars came from to keep them going, they just need enough of them to function, so presumably there are other methods that would work to keep the funding levels up.