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“I still sometimes stop hearing the tune. I still become enveloped by the abject pain of hopelessness. But hope is singing all the while. It’s just that again and again, I must relearn how to listen.”
— John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed -
“I still sometimes stop hearing the tune. I still become enveloped by the abject pain of hopelessness. But hope is singing all the while. It’s just that again and again, I must relearn how to listen.”
— John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed -
CW: Long thread/20
In service to that end, pharma companies have perfected a process called #evergreening, where they dribble out ancillary patents after their initial filing, covering minor reformulations, delivery systems, or new uses.
Evergreening got a moment in the public eye earlier this year, with #JohnGreen's viral campaign to shame #JohnsonAndJohnson out of using evergreening to restrict poor countries' access to #TB medication:
https://armandalegshow.com/episode/john-green-part-1/
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CW: Long thread/3
Evergreening got a lot of attention recently when #JohnGreen rained down righteous fire upon #JohnsonAndJohnson for their sneaky tricks to prevent poor people from accessing affordable #TB meds, prompting this *excellent* explainer from the #ArmAndALeg podcast:
https://armandalegshow.com/episode/john-green-part-1/
Another thing those monopoly profits are useful for: #PayForDelay, where pharma companies bribe generic manufacturers *not* to make cheap versions of drugs whose patents have expired.
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