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The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars

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The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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The Biden administration is putting pharmaceutical companies on notice. Washington is warning them that if the price of certain drugs is too high, the government might cancel their patent protection and allow rivals to make their own versions.

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This is the specific law Biden is trying to derive the authority from if you’re interested in more:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act

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