NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[Doktornolittle]

The US has hundreds, or maybe thousands of patents on pharmaceuticals that elevate the cost of critical medications for US and other patients over what their mfg costs are or what a generic version would be. Is that a horrible thing? I don't know. It is a fundamental debate. The people saying it is not so horrible would argue that the drugs in question would not exist if not for the patent protections promised. And they would be right.

The issue in Columbia would not be the $12M, it would be a concern about a systemic ignoring of international patent laws. This would be a test case.

Of course the threat used is disgusting, but so is completely ignoring these other relevant issues in the discussion. It is a difficult debate, not an easy one as depicted.

Not critiquing you DoGood. Great post and great topic. Just saying the author has over-simplified the issue to "Health Care is a Human Right" which I find offensive. It isn't a human right unless Doctors, Nurses, Scientists, etc, are subjugated to be slaves to the rest of us, and I do not believe in slavery.

In Gunsmoke, Doc Adams often treated people for free, but he did that out of choice, not because he was legally required to do so.