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Do you think there should be laws to force them to do so?
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Yes. It is socially irresponsible and imperialistic to withhold the drugs that can save people's lives for the sake of the dollar.
The international community recognized this when the TRIPS agreement was made for the WTO. There was a provision in it that basically said patents were not valid when the product would save people's lives.
Meanwhile, half of Africa dies because some company, acting in the interests of its shareholders, sets the price of a life-extending drug above what can be paid.