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2 August 2018Americas

Patent abuse driving high drug prices, non-profit claims

Aggressive and exploitative patenting strategies are enabling drug makers to regularly increase prices in the US and extend monopolies, according to a new report from non-profit group the Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge (I-MAK).

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