It's a sad world

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.

And a patient dead is also a customer lost....

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).

I hate these conspiracy theorists. Go choke on a tinfoil hat, dumbass.

You've been listening to Alex Jones, haven't you?

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.

You know what's also a customer lost? A dead one.