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Nature Medicine 9, 9 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nm0103-9b
Drug costs threaten patent protection
Marlene Cimons1
- Washington, D.C.
News that prescription medicines have become the fastest-growing sector of healthcare outlay in the US will add strength to proposals by the Bush Administration to ease regulations on generic production of brand-name drugs. According to a survey released in December by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the cost of American healthcare rose by 15% last year, the largest increase since 1990.
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