I'm saying the country doesn't need global influence. None do.
If you sell medicine to me here in Germany, you go through the German government.
If you decide not to, you inherently allow someone else to get the pantent for your tech in Germany.
Costs of medicine will get absorbed only to the extent they are considered acceptable, this is true for everyone. The biomedical firms know this, which is also why recently it is the US who pays the most for medicines.
I'm saying the country doesn't need global influence. None do.
If you sell medicine to me here in Germany, you go through the German government.
If you decide not to, you inherently allow someone else to get the pantent for your tech in Germany.
Costs of medicine will get absorbed only to the extent they are considered acceptable, this is true for everyone. The biomedical firms know this, which is also why recently it is the US who pays the most for medicines.