Re:Why drug prices in America are so high
by astazangasta on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:07AM
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Drugs are often covered by patent monopolies and do not operate in a free market.
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Re:Why drug prices in America are so high
by throwaway7767 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @11:27AM
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I can't understand why this is downvoted. A product that can only be manufactured by one company due to patents does not have a free market.
That's not a value judgement of the patent system, it's just stating the obvious. A patent is a legally enforced monopoly, so of course there will be no competition while the patent is in force.