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Diana DeGette: “But I think the profit has gotten way out of control in many cases. I want to make sure the potential for profit is…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
But I think the profit has gotten way out of control in many cases. I want to make sure the potential for profit is truly incentivizing innovation, not just lining investors' pockets.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette critiques excessive profits in the pharmaceutical industry and calls for genuine innovation incentives.

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