- CRISPR isn’t just for editing human genes. It can be used to increase corn and rice yields by 10%.
- Finally: the masks are coming off in Head Start.
- How would you like to be an inch or so taller? Doctors can oblige you.
- Learning loss was greatest in school districts that remained remote the longest.
- More on Rand Paul v. Anthony Fauci.
- Why its hard to know which drugs work best against Covid.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Drug Makers File Hundreds of Bogus Patents to Block Generic Competition
A report by the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) released a report on patent abuse and so-called gaming of the patent system. I-MAK is a nonprofit organization that advocates drug patent reform.
Four pharmaceutical companies have filed hundreds of patents to keep their drugs out of the hands of generic competition and prolong their “unprecedented profits,” according to a report published Thursday.
Friday Links
- Drug Companies finance about 75% of the FDA’s drug budget.
- The percentage of physicians using tele-visits/virtual visits grew from 14% in 2016 to 80% in 2022 while the percentage of physicians using remote monitoring devices grew from 12% in 2016 to 30% in 2022.
- Rand Paul v. Fauci on natural immunity.
- Pandemic spending reduced the poverty rate; but the resulting inflation left us al worse off.
Expensive Drugs Are Worth the Price
The US determines drug viability for the whole world:
Except in rare cases, pharmaceutical companies develop drugs for the U.S. market…. Probable success in America is a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of new drugs.