Not at all actually, if you patent it you're protecting what you created. Meaning you're the only one who has the rights to that formula (for a couple of years). If you didn't patent it any other company could create it and sell it less than you. You would end up losing more customers that way.
As much as losing customers sounds bad and all that for the individual who created it...is witholding information that could technically make it cheaper because so many companies are creating it etc and a person who is sick can get better cheap so bad? Morally. Not...capitalisticly
Except that whether or not someone is cured doesn't affect sales, as there will always be more people born that will need a cure or vaccination. If you cure cancer, that doesn't prevent new people from getting cancer. Even if you eradicate a disease, you still need to vaccinate, like Polio.
What's the alternative? Herbal/natural remedies have 0 regulations and are all about the money. Stopping research isn't an option. Research itself is extremely expensive (only 1 out of every 5000 concept drugs ever makes it to humans).
Fun fact, there is no cure for any disease. That's not how disease or cancer works. Pills simply ameliorate the symptoms and slow progression. Lifestyle changes are the only way to "cure" disease. It's not a conspiracy, it's basic pathophysiology. Source: I practice critical care medicine.
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