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19 December 2014AmericasChristine Goddard and Janis Fraser

Bulletproofing pharma patents

Bringing a single pharmaceutical drug product to market can be expensive. One estimate suggests that it requires an average outlay of more than $2.5 billion in research and development (R&D) expenses—and even then, there is no guarantee the drug will be a success.

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