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Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system | Priti Krishtel

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How to Get the Right to Go to Court

Right now, the patent system is like a black box. It's a two way conversation between the patent office and industry. Imagine if instead, the patent office became a dynamic centre for citizen learning and ingenuity. Regular zens could get accessible information about complex technologies like artificial intelligence or genediting. Fourt we need to get the right to go to court. Right now, in america, after a patent is granted, the public has no legal standing. Only those with a commercial interest, usually other drug companies, have that right. I've witnessed first hand how lives can be saved when everyday citizens have the right to going to court.

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