Chuck Schumer: “Second, not only is it one 30-month extension, many of the pharmaceutical companies line them up--30 months, 30 months…”

“Second, not only is it one 30-month extension, many of the pharmaceutical companies line them up--30 months, 30 months, 30 months. So after they have made their rate of return, which they should, and I admire them for making these drugs, but I was asking the Senator if he realizes that the new practice is not just to have one automatic 30-month extension when you change the color of the bottle, but to pile them on and to have the patents extend long beyond the 20 years that was expected.”