With a $2.1 Million Cure Their Only Hope, Parents
Plead for Help Online
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/india-spinal-muscular-atrophy.html
India makes many of the world’s drugs, but treatments for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy are imported and prohibitively costly. In desperation, parents are raising funds on social media.
Cost of Drugs, Patent Protection, and Innovation
The U.S. Can Lower Drug Prices Without Sacrificing Innovation
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/us-can-lower-drug-prices-without-sacrificing-innovation
Intellectual Property Laws: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
https://promarket.org/intellectual-property-laws-wolves-sheeps-clothing/
Drug Innovation: When Patents Work (and When They Don’t)
https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/drug-innovation-when-patents-work
Our patent system is broken. And it could be stifling innovation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/08/our-patent-system-is-broken-it-could-be-stifling-innovation/
Are drug patents worth it? | The Economist
https://www.economist.com/business/2021/05/15/are-drug-patents-worth-it
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/india-spinal-muscular-atrophy.html
India makes many of the world’s drugs, but treatments for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy are imported and prohibitively costly. In desperation, parents are raising funds on social media.
Cost of Drugs, Patent Protection, and Innovation
The U.S. Can Lower Drug Prices Without Sacrificing Innovation
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/us-can-lower-drug-prices-without-sacrificing-innovation
Intellectual Property Laws: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
https://promarket.org/intellectual-property-laws-wolves-sheeps-clothing/
Drug Innovation: When Patents Work (and When They Don’t)
https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/drug-innovation-when-patents-work
Our patent system is broken. And it could be stifling innovation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/08/our-patent-system-is-broken-it-could-be-stifling-innovation/
Are drug patents worth it? | The Economist
https://www.economist.com/business/2021/05/15/are-drug-patents-worth-it