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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

10] Although the initial patent on Humira expired in 2016, thanks to the over 75 patents filed three years before its expiration, AbbVie is set to hold the monopoly until 2034. [11] Hikma Type Litigation , SSRN (Jan. 1] One in four Americans report that they simply cannot afford to take their medication as prescribed. [2] 24, 2023). [7]

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