&gt;Of course they wouldn&#x27;t; its the relatives of all those who could not afford the drug and died who would be all-in for this!<p>We don&#x27;t have that problem in the Netherlands so maybe that is what requires fixing. Here, if a drug is too expensive, nobody has access to it (only the ultra rich perhaps) and that creates an incentive to keep drugs affordable to certain extent.<p>Again I&#x27;m not saying the current system is optimal but cancelling the right to monetize your inventions at least until your investment has been earned back seems nothing but reasonable to me.