Re: Estou aqui no Recife, Brasil

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 15, 5:42=A0am, RLB <sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 14, 11:23=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Aug 14, 11:41=A0am, RLB <sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Brazil has a GDP of 1.99 trillion, Thailand 534 billion
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> So that makes it OK for Merck to gouge Brazilians?

It is not gouging, Merck set a price for a product, if Brazil didn't
like it they don't need to buy it. Strange as a businessman you don't
know this

> > > > Shouldn't the countries that CAN pay a bit more do so?
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> > > The drug is actually quite inexpensive to produce. Development costs
> > > have long ago been covered. =A0Merck is actually far better off than
> > > many of the countries which buys its products.
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> > And? Does that make it okay for Brazil to steal from them?
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> Brazil didnt steal anything. They declared a compulsory license. That
> allowed Brazil to produce the drug while compensating Merck for its
> royalties.

Creating your own license out of thin air and paying far less than the
asking price IS stealing. As a businessman I'm surprised you don't
know that either

Then again after over 10 years I shouldn't be