Thanks - you enlightened me. Typical aloof nerd behavior - just assuming that other people do not understand the complexity and you do. I am from India and have been following the Indian patent industry since early 2000s including when they switched over from process-patenting to product-patenting (http://www.lorandoslaw.com/Publications/Changes-in-Indias-Pa...). And that 95% free distribution is Novartis' assertion and they heavily regulate the distribution of the drug - you never know how many people who actually needed the drug got it. And guess what, the Indian Supreme Court (and India is a democracy) disagreed with Novartis in terms of how novel their invention was (thus effectively mooting your point).

But, of course, being the ever-cool nerd you are - you know everything and have already proclaimed others are ignorant/flagrant personalities.