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anilakar on Jan 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Computer program that could bypass patents to prod...

A not-so-fun fact: My country used to be on the 301 Special Report (IPR "rogue country" list) until 2015 because American pharmaceutical companies didn't consider procedural patents good enough. The last patents in that category were issued in 1995...

Apparently the income of Big Pharma investors is more important than the affordability of generics.

michaelcampbell on Jan 20, 2019 [–]

> Apparently the income of Big Pharma investors is more important than the affordability of generics.

You say this as if it is surprising.

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