<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 5:41 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Medicine does cost a lot more in the USA, for reasons we already established: the cost of the research and qualification must be paid back. In the states, we have robust intellectual property law. The pharma companies can't really charge those prices outside the USA, because those countries could duplicate the formulas at low expense, resulting in the US-based pharma company losing the sale and facing bankruptcy.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sweden's IP laws are comparable to the USA's. This is not the primary reason for higher drug prices in the USA.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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