06-16-2022, 03:16 PM
(06-16-2022, 03:00 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: My opinion is that if a drug company found a cure for cancer they would make a lot more than not releasing the cure. Think about it.. Company A finds a cure for cancer. Everyone in the world would be buying it. My guess is a company that developed a cancer cure would probably be worth close to a trillion dollars these days because it would save the life of millions of people a year.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
From what I understand medication can be patented for up to 20 years but can be less. See the below according to the FDA website.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/development-approval-process-drugs/frequently-asked-questions-patents-and-exclusivity#howlongexclusivity
I think with how everything is now on the internet and how information is becoming so available, I wonder how long drug companies can keep a cure suppressed, which this study could be the start.
It also wouldn't surprise me to see drug companies buy it and kill it.
Also, drugs to just to treat cancer made over 100 billion in 2019, so there's another reason to keep people from making a cure public.