http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sick-babies-denied-treatment-in-row/2008/11/28/1227491827171.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Hooray for capitalism.

Actually, hooray for retarded intellectual property laws.

Seriously, a patent on a gene? Why do you get a patent for a gene in the first place. It's a naturally occuring thing.

I mean, would Newton get a patent for gravity in this day and age? And any idea that utilized gravity would have to pay royalties?

It's stupid.

Note: issuing patents for drugs which utilize said gene, or if the test to find the gene were itself patented by the company, means that it's a different story, but the article suggested it was the gene itself.

I suppose I'm with Pink on this one. I'm having trouble understanding why the company can't work together with the hospital on this.