If you look at Canada which is a country
If you look at Canada which is a country where government has to pay for ALL healthcare costs you will see the lowest prices on quality drugs anywhere because the government forces prices down to lower government expenditures. All the drug companies that put together high profit drug plans to fill their pockets are destroyed without question by the Canadian government. In the U.S. our congressional representatives steer thought away from destroying excessive profit taking by the drug companies because they are invested in these drug companies for their own personal profit. Congressional Representatives enter congress with meager wealth and leave with excessive riches. I just bet ya if a person gained access to the investments of our congressional leaders they would find many instances of drug company investments who have extremely high drug prices on popular needed drugs that really work to improve a persons health. Congress voted to give drug companies a 20 year patent before generics could be produced with a 5 year extension if certain conditions are met knowing that high drug prices would develop giving congressional insiders great profit making investment opportunities. I hear now and again on news shows the patent time is now 12 years but I haven't seen this 12 year patent time frame in "Wikipedia" or anywhere else. All I see are 20 year patent time frames. I searched around and found out after the drug is invented and a patent applied it may take around 8 years to get FDA approved which leaves 12 years for the drugs to remain on a patent. Which of our congressional representatives would vote against this time honored tradition of screwing U.S. Citizens in the behind by increasing patent times so they could increase their own personal cash value through outrageous drug prices? So lets take the biological psoriasis drugs as an example since they have only been around since 2003 or so. "Humira" was the first biological patent approved by the FDA for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Later on "Humira" was approved for the treatments of various other medical conditions including psoriasis. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/10287256
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