1.0 link 52323 <![CDATA[John Edwards: Prizes, Not Patent Monopolies]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/john-edwards-prizes-not-p_b_52323.html John Edwards has issued a statement on affordable health care, and one new item is the newest idea to control drug costs -- to replace monopolies with prizes, to reward drug developers. The details of the Edwards statement on prizes are here. The fact sheet said:

Edwards will convene an expert panel to identify whether there are discoveries where prizes -- not patent monopolies -- would offer new incentives to researchers, guaranteed gains to companies, and lower costs to patients....
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