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On the recordOctober 16, 2017
taxpayers watch when we've granted exclusivity to these companies, and then they watch as the prices go up, and there's not a darned thing for taxpayers to do about it. This is just fundamentally wrong.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes drug companies for raising prices after gaining exclusivity.

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