the patent system is broken. leading to prices that are too high and stifling innovation. most of these drugs are toxic anyway. on top of all this, companies like monsanto and syngenta are patenting life itself. it is not only plants and animals, that we need for food, but, courts have ruled they can own human DNA patents. should you have to pay royalties just to stay alive? if you can't afford gene therapy because one of these companies owns your gene sequence, in some cases, depending on the disease, you could die. does this sound outlandish? it should, but it is real. you can look at the court records yourself.