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Generics

The Supreme Court and the High Cost of Prescription Drugs

Laura Etherton | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Generics, U.S. PIRG, Health Care, Prescription Drugs, Generic Brand Drugs, Health Care Drugs, Politics News
Laura Etherton

Competition from generic drugs is a critical way to reduce drug prices, with a generic typically costing 85 to 90 percent less than its brand-name equivalent. But consumers wait years longer than they should to see those savings when drug companies pay to delay competition.

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Zach Carter

Obama Administration Softens 'Shameful' Fight Against Cheap Drugs For Poor Countries

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.30.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- A change of heart from the Obama administration may pave the way to a groundbreaking global deal to provide lifesaving medications to de...

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents!

David K. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Generics, Monopoly, Health Care Reform, Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Business News
David K. Levine

The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.

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