*With Patents on Coronavirus Medicines, International Drug Companies Will Decide Whether Brazilians Live or Die.*

Not just Brazilians — Americans, too. US government policies encourage and help pharma companies to gouge, and the only check on them is public condemnation.

Since important drugs are developed with public funds, there is no need to give businesses an "incentive" to fund such research. We should eliminate patents on medicines and medical treatments. We may as well eliminate all patents.