These people won't stop lobbying to have this kind of exclusivity respected in other jurisdictions as well. Whether through the US government or directly, they'

These people won't stop lobbying to have this kind of exclusivity respected in other jurisdictions as well. Whether through the US government or directly, they've constantly pressured us here in Australia to "respect" the same privileges they enjoy in the US. Thank God we have largely resisted these efforts so far. Generics here are highly available for almost anything at the consumer level. Those who can afford to often buy name brand anyway, because of psychological reasons I guess, so pharmaeceutical companies still make stacks of cash, without poor people jeeding to spend half their weekly income on basic meds. I understand and appreciate that the US government doesn't arbitrarily begin semi-retributive campaigns, and instead attempts to have companies self-correct. But in instances like this of obvious, wilful abuse of the law, there should be some drawing of blood frankly. It strikes me as a little pathetic that these agencies are always issuing "warnings" that they might actually start enforcing regulations. It's exactly this that makes these companies feel they have license to behave this way, because they know they'll have plenty of time to clean up if the laws actually start getting enforced, and they'll have made a tidy profit at everybody else's expense in the meantime.