The Laws of the
Pharmaceutical Industry
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Huge Profits
The huge profits of the pharmaceutical industry are based on the patenting of new drugs. These patents essentially allow drug manufacturers to arbitrarily define the profits for their products.
The following links provide more information:
- Fines for operating a vitamin cartel turn Roche's 2001 profit of 3.7 billion SFR to a 2002 loss of 4.03 billion SFR
- Financial statistics for the worlds top 50 pharmaceutical companies
- How pharmaceutical companies sell their drugs and make huge profits
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Pfizer obtains global patent that will block any other possible treatment for the same condition
