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Q Discussion whether you think it’s’ right for a drug manufacturer to take a lifesaving drug that is no longer patent protected and marking the prices up so as to make it virtually unaffordable except to the wealthiest people. There is currently no law that prevent this from happening but should we do it, why or why not? Are there other cases like this one? Should we allow market forces to dictate supply and demand? What is the role of government in this type of situation? Why or why not? Explain. You can use outside research to support your position.

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Licenses don't costs lives, they spare many, and it’s absolutely impossible the enormously costly arrangement the prop have proposed will spare more. It is contended that licenses are urgent for pharmaceutical advancement and that without them there will be no money related motivating force to finance the expenses of disclosure and improvement of new meds. In any case, medications costs in creating nations are regularly well above generation costs ("Dennis Quaid sues again over twins drug overdose", 2018).