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

On the recordJuly 17, 2002
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.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing pharmaceutical patent extensions and their implications.

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