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Comment by teaearlgraycold

19 days ago

I’m generally happy to see IP disrespected.

Then you’ll eventually be generally unhappy to see no new medications come out.

  • A significant change to IP doesn't necessarily mean the world stops working on things. It just pivots us to a new set of problems.

  • China disrespects IP and has the fastest growth of anywhere, and has medications

    • China tries to steal IP, but otherwise has a functioning IP system including for drugs Chinese companies make.

      And China’s growth is about 5% in 2025, which isn’t close in the least to the fastest (Vietnam at 17%).

      And China has medications because of other countries with IP (mostly Europe and US). So if the US gets rid of IP, the. A very large part of new drugs won’t happen.

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  • There seems to be an explosion of drugs for fat loss. No signs of slowing down.