Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2019
There are solutions to the global drug price problem
16 October 2019 - We should override patent protection on some medicines and change how R&D is funded.
Unaffordable medicines are a large and growing global problem. In the US, both President Donald Trump and many of his prospective Democratic opponents are looking for ways to bring prices down.
In the UK, the opposition Labour party has endorsed two potentially far-reaching ideas: override patent protection on excessively priced medicines and change the way pharmaceutical research and development is funded.
