Comment by tzs

Comment by tzs 15 hours ago

3 replies

What about poor countries? If a drug company had to sell drugs for the same price in the US and a country like Sudan, the result would almost certainly be raising the price in Sudan up to US prices rather than lowering the price in the US to Sudan prices.

That would put the drug out of reach of most of the people in those poor countries.

ein0p 15 hours ago

They can do what India and some other countries do, and legislatively ignore pharmaceutical patents when it comes to public health if drug is deemed unaffordable.

  • mminer237 13 hours ago

    I mean, I don't think you're enforcing patent law in South Sudan regardless, but they're also just not capable of manufacturing such drugs. To get a trustworthy drug, they pretty much have to buy it from the patent-holder. India, China, and maybe Brazil are about the only exceptions. Theoretically, I guess you could say we just expect the third-world to rely on black market medicine from India, but uh, that has some risks involved.

    • monocasa 8 hours ago

      Is it really the black market?

      It just sounds like it's sourced from somewhere else like any generic would be.

      IMO the state should be able to take away monopolies just as easily as it passes them out in the first place.