Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should pharmaceutical companies be required to give up patents necessary to developing a vaccine against pandemic flu?

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Inasmuch as the profit motive in the medical field raises the hackles of those who believe it should be motivated purely by altruism - especially in times of emergency as would be the case in an epidemic - a patent protects not only the intellectual rights of a product, but the investment in creating that product or process. ... More..

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