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Ah yes "free markets".

• scaryspooky 9y ago
  Except there is very little "free market" about the medical device industry, which is heavily regulated and also able to abuse the patent system.
  • cmdrfred 9y ago
    Probably the most regulated market we have.
    • Symmetry 9y ago
      Drugs combine the intensive quality regulations that medical devices have with production quotas so those probably edge out medical devices.
      • cmdrfred 9y ago
        Isn't this a medical device that contains a drug?
• setum 9y ago
  It's hardly a "free market" - the barrier to entry is very high due FDA approval process which can take decades and millions of dollars.