Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA)

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Pharm pricing cannot charge more to the US than UK or other Countries

Pharm Corporations are International. They manufacture drugs internationally including in China and India. They sell the same drugs internationally. The US provides Pharm patents. The patents can be for 17 years and include the possibility of extensions on that time if small changes are made to the drug. No other Company may produce the same drug. There can be copy cats but they cannot be the same. They may not use the patent protected research and development. The patents permit Pharm t…