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Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 140 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm sure this won't have any chilling effects amongst the researchers who keep us all safe.

Edit to add that Johnson & Johnson is/was also trying to use patent loopholes to make sure poor people die from tuberculosis; until the internet got mad.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The secondary patent particularly irked some advocates because the drug’s development was largely underwritten by public funds, according to a 2020 analysis. That study found public sector funds contributed $455 million to $747 million to getting bedaquiline to market, compared to $90 million to $240 million from J&J.

We pay for the development of the drug, they get the patent, then we pay for the drug. Socialize cost, privatize profits.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

most of the hype about danger from talcum powder is quite fake. the link between cancer and the powder is hugely tenuous and the researchers are quite shameful. Poor J&J are being victimised when there are millions sufferring from the absence of their valuable and safe talcum powder,