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Elizabeth Warren: “The law says five, 5 years of exclusivity, but drug companies game the system.”

On the recordOctober 16, 2017
The law says five, 5 years of exclusivity, but drug companies game the system.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren points out that drug companies exploit laws to extend monopolies beyond legal limits.

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