Sure, it's illegal, but that doesn't stop 'em:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/competition-enforcement/pay-delay
But it's their money, right? If they spend it on bribes or evergreening or marketing, at least *some* of the money goes into drugs that'll keep you and the people you love from enduring unimaginable pain or dying slowly and hard. Surely *that* warrants a patent.
Let's say it does. But what about when a pharma company gets a patent on a life-saving drug that the *public* paid to develop, test and refine?
4/
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