High price of drugs because... they can [View all]

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In the past few years. we've seen new drugs, for Hepatitis, MS and Cystic Fibrosis reaching the stratosphere. The last one, for Cystic Fibrosis, clocking at $300,000 a year!

But now we see cheaper drugs jumping, too.

One, Tuberculosis drug price jumps 2,000%, shocks doctors

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141213396

Another, Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141212028

(this last one, with a smarmy punk CEO..)

So I wonder whether under these circumstances, a patent protection can be removed, so that generic can compete..