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Re:Three Levels of Wealth by refurb on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:32PM (#17674728)
But then they don't get a patent and anybody is free to legally copy it.

Do you have a source for that? There are drug covered by patent in France that the gov't doesn't cover.

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Re:Three Levels of Wealth by athenot on Thursday August 02, 2018 @05:27PM (#17675624)
Did some digging... you are right (I thought there was a patent exclusion for "prix libre" drugs but I guess I was wrong). There's no reimbursement but still a patent. But in that system, no reimbursement kinda kills the market for a dug.
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