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Patent laws lead to new tricks for old drugs

Used to be, when a drug lost its patent protection, that marked the beginning of the end. Out sprang the generic manufacturers, formulating the same compound at a fraction of the cost of the “name” pharmaceutical and slowly cannibalizing the original product’s market share. Of course, the pharmaceutical companies didn’t just roll over and play dead. ...

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