tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post4344966214854944125..comments2023-10-25T15:40:27.856+05:30Comments on More not than often: Novartis: Confusing R&D with Patent Trolling, marketing with FUD, and justice with "my ball, my rules" aka polite-bullyingKKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-71008109577923489982013-06-29T12:28:01.984+05:302013-06-29T12:28:01.984+05:30So beautiful... and so you! Unique. Love it! :0)So beautiful... and so you! Unique. Love it! :0)chanerainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736011037736336448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-31478764483318713752013-04-08T21:35:11.763+05:302013-04-08T21:35:11.763+05:30Couldn't debate after your last argument :P An...Couldn't debate after your last argument :P And my studies....oh cock! Its weird to talk like this, I shall send you a fb friend request or give me your gmail talk id..I HEARD YOUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267704637825996247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-10986419406052999552013-04-07T23:09:50.291+05:302013-04-07T23:09:50.291+05:30Thanks for your kind words.
On the Novartis front...Thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />On the Novartis front, I think both your arguments are neither wrong nor right. Because yes, patents are not evil, and yes, it is not wrong to sell at high prices. It is better if I take them together.<br /><br />No doubt R&D is an expensive process. But the problem arises when these companies want to sell their drugs at sky-high rates. A human's life is priceless, and these companies are trying to take it <i>literally</i>.<br /><br />Do you know that these companies conduct human trials in India and other third world countries? And again, <i>literally</i> at the cost of potatoes?<br /><br />Protection of IP is something that is allowed for 20 years max, reason being that further development, by the same company or others will stall. What Novartis is doing in this case is trying to extend their patent beyond 20 years.<br /><br />Your argument about the less rates in India is right. I worked in an outsourcing company for 6 months, and they were happy to take work at the rate of $15-16 per hour (Rs. 450 per hour). What happens to western companies trying to sell their stuff here is the opposite. But such things happen in all markets and industries. 40 years before, there were no personal computers, and today, maybe you wrote your comment from a phone! If other industries can get <i>cheap</i> over time or because of the competition, why can't Big Pharma?<br /><br />If they wanted to make money, they could have done so by indulging in drug/weapon trafficking or some other such way. Why get in the business of saving lives, and then make it difficult all over again?KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-89935927391003135472013-04-07T21:25:13.221+05:302013-04-07T21:25:13.221+05:30Finally you wrote and what an article..! Quite a t...Finally you wrote and what an article..! Quite a time reading it but I am with Novartis in this war. It's because of 2 things- <br />R&D of such drugs is invariably an expensive process and no doubt they would want to protect their intellectual property. Secondly, in India drugs in India are sold at the rate of probably 1$ or 2$ max. For these foreign companies it is just a waste to invest in such markets. For them it is like selling potatoes and they know what they are selling is not potato! And we should not forget that they only have this patent weapon to take down rivals..the same case like apple and samsung. They are free to use it. No one can term them as "greedy" merely coz' they filed a lawsuit. And R&D is just not an expensive process. It has more complexed equations related to it. It is just not a single process, it is a series of process hard to write about in a single paper.<br />But beneath all of this even I can't deny that these companies are blatantly greedy and would go to any extent for earning every penny. I HEARD YOUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267704637825996247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-50289403316738898382013-04-06T22:00:34.099+05:302013-04-06T22:00:34.099+05:30I am pretty sure that the theory except the word &...I am pretty sure that the <i>theory</i> except the word 'desperate' is from somewhere else, I am just not able to think from where.<br /><br />Do check out these articles by Paul Graham:<br />http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html<br />http://paulgraham.com/gap.html<br />http://www.paulgraham.com/inequality.html<br /><br />Not exactly related, but good nonetheless.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-53431613573476440972013-04-06T18:43:15.051+05:302013-04-06T18:43:15.051+05:30Very nice indeed!! "Desperate" part was ...Very nice indeed!! "Desperate" part was awesome. Never thought about business that way! Totally enjoyed it!pankajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14085492515160404724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-5343711431164106722013-04-06T18:16:38.678+05:302013-04-06T18:16:38.678+05:30Sorry, it is Glivec and blogger is not letting me ...Sorry, it is <i>Glivec</i> and blogger is not letting me edit the previous comment :-)KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-79827687926502333952013-04-06T18:15:17.555+05:302013-04-06T18:15:17.555+05:30Thanks for your interest.
An article in today'...Thanks for your interest.<br /><br />An article in today's Hindu tells another story: that most of the research effort on Glivac was done by some US government R&D agency. If this is true, Novartis people indeed are bastards :-) (no offense to Mr. Zimmerman, I am sure he is a great researcher who means well)<br /><br />http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/money-first-ethics-second/article4585536.ece<br /><br />Happy Blogging to you too!KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778157916183036144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687330374146987306.post-44928222838352065902013-04-06T11:53:44.124+05:302013-04-06T11:53:44.124+05:30I had very little idea about the whole issue, now ...I had very little idea about the whole issue, now am pretty much clear. Liked the way you compared "Desperation" with the whole issue and concluded the whole thing in a very clear & light manner.<br /><br />The issue seems pretty interesting, will read more about it now.. Thanks :)<br /><br />Happy Blogging!Ankit Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136857987346897147noreply@blogger.com