Andre Engels a écrit:
"Robert" <rkscience100(a)yahoo.com>
schrieb:
Every day scientists from western countries scour
nations
all across the globe to learn about traditional
fold-remedies, drugs and treatments. They constantly test
them in peer-reviewed studes to see if they actually work.
Unfortunately, the latter is not true. The great majority of studies is
financed by the pharmaceutical industry. And the pharmaceutical industry
is not interested in testing traditional remedies, because they cannot
be patented. They are interested in them, but then to analyze the herbs
etcetera used, hoping to find out what substance in them is having the
desired effect, and then go on with only this substance or one that looks
like it.
Andre Engels
Or they find the traditionnal plants, that inspired modern medicine.
They make a little genetic twist on them, just enough for it to be
declared "invention", they patent the resulting plant, and if possible
the genetic sequence.
Then they put everything aside. It is not to be used *now*. It is meant
to be a reservoir for latter needs. And mostly, a nice way to prevent
competition from other firms.
It is patenting not to be paid back research, time and money involved,
it is just patenting for protection of business future.