On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:57:16 -0700, Daniel wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:25:37AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > I wonder, how many copyrights or patents do you hold? > > > > If you're a drug company or a big hardware/software company <...> > > Going a bit off-topic here, but having worked in drug development, I > can tell you that no drug would be developed by anyone except the > government with a 5-year drug patent term. Takes that long just to > get through FDA procedures some of the time. Typical time from lab > idea to product on the shelf, although it varies a lot, is around 10 > years (and a billion dollars). > > Although I don't think I would support lengthening the patent term, I > can tell you from talking to people in the field that the (to them) > short term skews drug development decisions towards "blockbuster" > drugs that can make a huge amount of money in those 7 years after the > drug hits the market. It also skews towards "me too" drugs and > slightly-improved versions of existing drugs because those take less > time in development. ..heh. What happens to the speed of Bushist regime here, if the Chinese declares their new bird flu vaccin, a strategic item "in the NeoCon American Way"? ;o) Will we see leadership? ;o) Or just the usual, "a show"? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
