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Lucy Xiaolu Wang

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Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation

Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation

By extending their monopoly on a drug, companies prevent generics and other competitors from driving down prices. But increasing transparency can help...

23.09.2025 3

The Conversation

Lucy Xiaolu Wang

When developing countries band together, lifesaving drugs become cheaper and easier to buy − with trade-offs

Pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to sell drugs to countries that can’t afford them. But bargaining together can increase access to...

17.06.2025 2

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Lucy Xiaolu Wang