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29 August 2023FeaturesPharmaAndrei Iancu and David Kappos

Everybody loses in the end: Billion-dollar government prizes won't improve on market incentives

In his latest attempt to replace America's free market with government regulators to set prices for medicines, Senator Bernie Sanders wants to reward drug developers with cash prizes determined in Washington. In his vision, these would replace the current US patent system.

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