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Why not still do this to save costs? Also, the aforementioned environmental effect.
by iopq 12y ago
Why not still do this to save costs? Also, the aforementioned environmental effect.
- revelation 12y agoBecause it wouldn't save costs. Manufacturing most drugs is trivial nowadays. That's why theres so much money being spent on patents and patent enforcement. Once they know the active components, a generics producer in India can make the drug for mere cents.
- csense 12y agoInteresting question for legally-minded HN'ers: Would isolating the drug from urine bypass the patent? I.e. if the patent holder already got their royalty when the initial batch was sold in the factory, would the royalty have to be paid again when the urine extract is sold?
- ajcarpy2005 12y agoYou probably wouldn't get in trouble for using it for yourself but trying to commercialize it would likely land you in hot er...water.
- gizmo686 12y agoI suspect that the first sale doctrine would apply, in the same way that I do not need to pay a royalty to resale my patent encumbered phone. FDA approval might be tricky though.