What does the significance of protecting medical patents not include?

1. price control: the protection of medical patents is to encourage innovation and new drug research and development, not to control drug prices. Drug price and patent protection are two independent issues, and price control should be carried out through other policies and measures.

2. Long-term monopoly: Patent protection should have a reasonable period to encourage pharmaceutical companies to innovate, but it should also avoid long-term monopoly to make drug prices too high or limit patients' choices.

3. Restrict the popularization and access to medicines: Patent protection should not restrict patients from obtaining necessary medicines and treatments, especially in emergency situations.