Patents aren&#x27;t free market, since they require the government to play a role (enforcement) in favour of patent holders. A free market wouldn&#x27;t be able to protect the IP, it would use DRM and peer-to-peer contracts, and as soon as the receipe gets out, they&#x27;d be in for ther investment. A socialist government would define a type a company that is allowed to conduct medical research and fix the bounds within which the company can invest or the sale prices.