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Peter Welch: “It is legal for [pharma companies] to do the product copy…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senator Welch on Affordable Medication Legislation

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

So the fact that pharma, with the wonderful things that they can come up with, then degrade themselves by sticking it to people who are everyday people, your neighbor next door, your brother, your sister, your mom, your dad, and It is legal for [pharma companies] to do the product copy, to do the patent thickets. is outrageous. Totally outrageous and totally anti competitive and totally against the market system that we have. (01:15–01:22)

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Asserts that current laws allow pharmaceutical companies to engage in anti-competitive practices like product copying and patent thickets.

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