Patents stifle innovation
On the news today: Finally the Brazilian government decided not to care about any pharmaceutical patents and keep produciong their own AIDS medicine at a fraction of the cost. The UN has praised the initiative, the USA and industry giant Roche obviously not and threaten to retaliate. A beautiful example of who's good and righteous in the world today. Brazil today has one of the most efficient AIDS prevention plans thanks to 'generic' medicines, and hopefully will set a precedent for other countries to bring the giant pharmaceutical cartel down to its knees, and the Europe vs Bayer case will probably give another push in the right direction. ¶