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Oct. 14, 2015

LETTER: Call to end patent system makes dubious claims

I was drawn into "Is it time to abolish the patent system?" (Oct. 8) by the sheer number of failed arguments. By Kelly Cunningham

I was drawn into "Is it time to abolish the patent system?" (by Professors David Levine and Michele Boldrin, Oct. 8) by the sheer number of failed arguments.

Contrary to their claims, the unavailability of AIDS drugs in Africa in the '90s and the recent Volkswagen scandal are not examples of patent law gone awry. They are examples of the exact opposite. By patenting a new drug in the U.S. and the EU, a pharmaceutical company can, in theory, charge patients in Africa a smaller price f...

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