tl;dw: Johnson and Johnson is using a legal loophole to extend a patent on a life-saving drug, preventing generics from being made. Scientists estimate this will lead to 6 million more people dying of tuberculosis over the next four years, because they cannot afford the high-priced name-brand drug.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    So many companies that have caused like... world war numbers of deaths and disfigurement are still allowed to exist after the fact and it's disgusting. DuPont, Exxon and other oil related business, tobacco companies, asbestos companies, lead, the meat industry, the list goes on.

    • VILenin [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      No, for you see, China is actually worse because they won’t let me own slaves there.