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Drug firms use legal loopholes to safeguard brand names
BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7257.320/b (Published 05 August 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:320- Scott Gottlieb
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Drug companies are using legal loopholes to extend patents for their most lucrative brand name products and delay the entry of cheaper generics on to the market, according to a report from the National Institute for Health Care Management.
Intellectual property protections enacted over the past two decades have increased the average patent …
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