What A great article, it clearly shows the concerns of big pharma and their investors. But why not take it further and recognize the outer circle of this travesty.
In this case the inner circle is big pharma’s business model that demands a planned sustainability of illness in humankind to maintain profits. There is an even larger circle of conspiracy where food production and marketing works hand and hand with big pharma to ensure that the food supply creates a steady supply of hormone and genetically modified foods saturated in insecticides and antibiotics. This way, the population writhes in the agony of strange and new diseases that must have the symptoms glossed over by a steady stream of new and more expensive pharmaceuticals. Not that I refer to covering over the symptoms in the effort to sustain a steady demand rather then cure the cause of the symptoms. Humanity is basically a crop that the corporatists farm for the generating of wealth.
As for corporations being required by law to maximize profits for shareholders, we should remember that these laws on the books are amendable by us. Change the laws back to an earlier day when corporate persons were not allowed to have a permanent existence but where required to renew their charter every so often having to justify their continued existence.