Medical Breakthrough Over the Weekend

[Angry Dragon]

Last edited Mon Dec 19, 2011, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)

The federal government of the United States has just confirmed that a medical breakthrough
on the benefits of marijuana was achieved over the weekend.
They stated that they were sorry they closed up all the Medical Marijuana Clinics during the last months.
They stated to make up for this mistake they have decided to give a company in New York exclusive rights to any money to be made for this surprising breakthrough.

Now who could have seen this coming?
I have come to help you. I am from Big Pharma.............

Edit added link for DU post that sparked my post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10145777

[RKP5637]

1. Did this really happen, if so, I'm not at all surprised, Big Pharma sees Big $$$ in medical

marijuana and no way do they want a cheap source. It's always about money in this country, well, like many others too, I get soooooo tired of money.

[Speck Tater]

2. Since there is no link to a credible source I'm going to assume this is BS or satire. nt

[enough]

8. Link to the Federal Register:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/html/2011-29726.htm

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 71351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29726]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Development of
Cannabinoid(s) and Cannabidiol(s) Based Therapeutics To Treat Hepatic
Encephalopathy in Humans.

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37
CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of
an exclusive patent license to practice the invention embodied in U.S.
Patent 6,630,507, entitled ``Cannabinoids as antioxidants and
neuroprotectants'' and PCT Application Serial No. PCT/US99/08769 and
foreign equivalents thereof, entitled ``Cannabinoids as antioxidants
and neuroprotectants'' [HHS Ref. No. E-287-1997/2] to KannaLife
Sciences Inc., which has offices in New York, U.S. This patent and its
foreign counterparts have been assigned to the Government of the United
States of America.

snip>

Much more at the link

[Angry Dragon]

3. RKP5637 and Speck Tator

It is the only thing that makes any sense. For years people have been asking why marijuana has been classified as a Schedule 1 drug and saying marijuana has medical benefits. The federal government has fought the public over these positions for years. The DoJ has attacked marijuana clinics for the last few months. The federal government for some years has held patents for the benefits of marijuana for medical use. The DEA has marijuana farms.

I just read on DU that today the government is planning to GIVE the patents to a company in New York so they can profit from the use of marijuana for medical benefits. I find this plan very distasteful. More money for Big Pharma and screw the people.

[annabanana]

4. still looking for a link. . . . n/t

[Angry Dragon]

6. Here is one

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/12/feds_to_grant_exclusive_cannabinoid_license_to_pha.php

and DU post
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10145777

[RKP5637]

7. Here is a link I found ...

http://www.theweedblog.com/us-gov-to-grant-exclusive-cannabinoid-license-to-pharmaceutical-company?wpmp_switcher=mobile

[RKP5637]

5. It's horrible. Big Pharma is a racket in this country and the gov. is both complacent

and complicit.

[Speck Tater]

10. The United States is quickly becoming the best country in the world ... to be FROM.

I'm beginning to think that almost anywhere is better than here.

[RKP5637]

13. It gets stranger all the time. I'm more than a little concerned just where we

are headed in the big picture. Citizens seem to be fresh meat to feed the corporate appetite, and from a rights point of view, it seems many of us are becoming guilty of whatever by default.

And many of these politicians, anymore, are IMO just about certifiably one or two short of a 6-pack.

[Trillo]

15. I don't really have a problem with the government "giving" a patent to anyone.

However, if the entity the patent is given to then turns around and profits from it, with that I do have some issues. It would seem to follow the pattern of Socialize the risks, Privatize the profits, and we all know how poorly that is working out for average citizens' general welfare.

One possible fix is for the government to give the patents only to non-profit entities. Another possible fix is for the government to use the patent to produce it themselves, rather than just grant & archive it. Some of those "top secret" military laboratories come to mind. I'd much rather that funding for those places be used for creating medicines that help the population, rather than designing and producing killing agents.

An indebted government probably has a rationale to financially parasitize its population. The financial raping of citizens in health care sectors seems to have been well documented.

[annabanana]

9. This seems to be the actual announcement:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/html/2011-29726.htm

excerpt:


The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide, and
the field of use may be limited to:

The development and sale of cannabinoid(s) and cannabidiol(s)
based therapeutics as antioxidants and neuroprotectants for use and
delivery in humans, for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy, as
claimed in the Licensed Patent Rights.

It seems very narrow in use..

[Angry Dragon]

11. Let me hang onto my rant for a little while longer ....... please

[sarcasmo]

12. I figured this was coming

it explains the force in which the federal government has gone after the marijuana shops.

[RKP5637]

14. Yep, as usual, follow the money trail. n/t

[Taverner]

16. They want to make sure nobody can feel good from the meds

Can't have that now