Wednesday, May 13, 2015

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders Asks VA to Break Patents on Gilead and AbbVie Hep C Drugs

Sanders Asks VA to Break Patents on Gilead and AbbVie Hep C Drugs

By ED SILVERMAN

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has asked the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use emergency powers to break – or override – the patents on high-priced hepatitis C medicines sold by several drug makers, including Gilead Sciences

“I cannot think of another situation where the government-use provision [of the law that allows the VA to break the patents] should be applied,” Sanders wrote in a letter to Robert McDonald, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary. “Our nation’s veterans cannot, and should not, be denied treatment while drug companies rake in billions of dollars in profits.”


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