Medicine

The article I was reading was in the medicine section. It is talking about how pharmaceutical companies are going to lose major-patents on their best selling drugs. It explained how this might be a good thing for cheaper drugs, but it also talked about how it will more than likely cut R&D in drugs.

This is a big thing because it could lead to A. cheaper generic drugs and B. no new drugs at all due to no money for R&D

Not much will be happening in 2010 but a lot will happen in 2011 when a lot of companies lose their patents to drugs.

The biggest issue I see is the fact that there will be a major drop in R&D which might hurt us all more in the long run.