Imagine there was a miracle drug that prevented HIV infections, but a huge corporation held back its release in order to squeeze billions out of the sick, dying and suffering. It is evil on the scale of comic book villains, a crime Bonnie and Clyde would balk at. That is exactly what pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences is accused of doing in a new
经济学家迪恩·贝克(Dean Baker):需要进行系统的变革以对抗大型制药公司
“我们给予公司专利垄断权,使他们能够以比生产成本高出数千%的加价出售药品。当他们撒谎或隐瞒信息以尽可能广泛地推销他们的药品时,我们会感到惊讶吗?”