Technology, which is transforming science, medicine, and research tools has increased the speed at which we can analyze data but we currently still must test the products which is a lengthy process.
[6][7] The FDA has implemented the Breakthrough Therapy Designation which should help bring new needed products to the market faster.
[8] The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), is a United Nations-backed organisation founded in July 2010[9] and based in Geneva, Switzerland.
[13] The Health Impact Fund (HIF) is a proposed pay-for-performance mechanism that would provide a market-based solution to problems concerning the development and distribution of medicines globally.
It would incentivize the research and development of new pharmaceutical products that make substantial reductions in the global burden of disease.
The HIF is the creation of a team of researchers led by the Yale philosopher Thomas Pogge and the University of Calgary economist Aidan Hollis, and is promoted by the non-profit organization Incentives for Global Health (IGH).
[14] An unintended but real consequence of the influence of a patent-heavy industry is that money is not put into unpatentable elements with the same fervor.
[16] That elevated cost makes it a bad investment to pay for a medicine to be approved that does not guarantee years of profits to those that put up the money.
[17] As of 2013 the US Supreme Court ruled that isolation by itself is not sufficient for something to be deemed inventive subject matter, and thus patentable.
Again, Human Breast milk is not patentable, thus investing into clinical trials for its use as a medical product means that profit cannot be had.
Application of aloe gel appears to shorten the duration of wound healing for first- and second-degree burns.
Aloe extract cream might reduce redness, scaling, itching and inflammation caused by mild to moderate psoriasis.
Research suggests that twice-daily application of aloe gel for eight weeks might help reduce symptoms of this inflammatory condition that affects the inside of the mouth.
How much money could have been saved world-wide if doctors were allowed to prescribe medicine that many people can grow at home at a very low cost, like Aloe vera?
We just know that research and clinical trial money was not put into unpatentable targets at the same rate and volume that it was for patentable ones.