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FTC challenges 'junk' patents held by 10 drugmakers, incl Novo Nordisk's Ozempic

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152 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 21:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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andy_ppp ◴[30 Apr 24 21:32 UTC] No.40216622[source]▶
I’m so impressed with the FTC lately, here is an excellent interview Jon Stewart did with the FTC chair Lina Khan: https://youtu.be/oaDTiWaYfcM

I did joke I’m really surprised the vested interests selected someone competent who wants to hold these companies accountable to the public.

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roughly ◴[30 Apr 24 21:47 UTC] No.40216781[source]▶
There's a lot of talk about "both sides being the same", but the FTC alone has been a night & day difference from previous administrations.
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knowaveragejoe ◴[30 Apr 24 21:57 UTC] No.40216911[source]▶
Nobody suggesting that "both sides are the same" has a shred of intellectual honesty.
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wddkcs ◴[30 Apr 24 22:09 UTC] No.40217030[source]▶
Declarative moral statements like this are so vacuous. Of course there are intellectually honest people who believe both parties are the same. They may be evaluating or prioritizing the evidence differently, but that doesn't make one side or the other 'dishonest'. Casually impuning the morality of an entire swath of people is rhetoric that drives division and strife, not progress.

For example, yes Bidens FTC is a standout actor, but 'both sides' just voted to perpetuate overseas wars with more American tax dollars. In terms of the American war machine, it's 100% accurate to say both sides are the same.

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jjeaff ◴[01 May 24 04:59 UTC] No.40219668[source]▶
Sounds like you are making the case that "both sides are aligned in some rare cases". not that "they are the same".
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1. wddkcs ◴[02 May 24 13:13 UTC] No.40235839{3}[source]▶
No, and that reading is the exact dogmatic dipolism I'm talking about avoiding. Both sides are human, both sides are American, both sides of political spectrum are represented by the wealth elite. There are millions of common denominators between both sides, and a relatively miniscule number of differences. Most of the differences themselves are exaggerated by the political class, to show division and strengthen in-group ties. Believing one side or the other is morally superior is meaningless- the other side is always going to believe the same thing about you, with just as much supporting evidence.