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Actually that is incorrect. Canadian pharmacies don't copy the drugs. There are international drug patents in place. Drug companies charge people in the US the

Actually that is incorrect. Canadian pharmacies don't copy the drugs. There are international drug patents in place. Drug companies charge people in the US the most because the US allows it. In other countries, they charge a lot less because their governments demand it. Those governments are usually the customers in many countries with socialized medicine. When you buy in very large quantities of anything, you can always negotiate on price. Unfortunately there is a law in the US preventing our socialized medical services (medicare, VA) from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies.

shabble 15y ago
There was an interesting article a while back about some of the shady practices of Group Purchasing Organisations (who negotiate with pharma/equipment suppliers for cheaper rates) I can't seem to find the original article, but http://www.medicaldevices.org/issues/GPO-Reform http://www.medicaldevices.org/issues/GPO-Reform has some interesting papers linked from there. Edit: bah, found it on the very next search: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.blake.html http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.blake.ht...