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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Patents are often described as the ‘lifeblood’ of pharmaceutical companies. 1 However, patent protection for pharmaceutical products is an economic trade-off between providing monopoly rights that incentivise development of future products and permitting higher drug prices to recoup the investment. Internet] [link].

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Why There's No Such Thing as a 'Safe' Drug?

Contrarian Sales Techniques

During my pharmacology class, I learned that there are no safe drugs, only safe patients. The results of these studies are carefully analyzed and scrutinized by regulatory bodies, such as the FDA in the United States. This is before a drug can be approved for public use.