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Kirsten Gillibrand: “This is a very outside-the-box idea, but do you think there is any room or relevancy to trying to create not-for-profit…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2018
This is a very outside-the-box idea, but do you think there is any room or relevancy to trying to create not-for-profit drug manufacturers who do not have a profit motive so they are not focused on things such as price gouging and over-exclusivity whose goal is not just shareholder profit but perhaps well-being of patients in this country and in the world?
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand proposes the idea of not-for-profit drug manufacturers to prioritize patient well-being over profits.

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