StrypeyHi @[email protected], just stumbled on Priti's TED Talk, and her interview on Pitchfork Economics, and posted a couple of quotes on the fediverse:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115705510495556771
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Strypey (@[email protected])
"But consider this; the vast majority of medicines associated with new drug patents are not new. Nearly 8 out of 10 are for existing ones, like insulin or aspirin. My organisation, a team of lawyers and scientists, recently conducted an investigation into the 12 best-selling drugs in [US]America. We found that on average, there are 125 patents filed on each medicine. Often for things we've known how to do for decades ..." #PritiKrishtel, 2020 https://www.ted.com/talks/priti_krishtel_why_are_drug_prices_so_high_investigating_the_outdated_us_patent_system?rss= #patents #DrugPatents
