In a recent post on the IVI-sponsored Health Affairs blog series, Neeraj Sood, Gillian Buckley, and Brian Strom present a novel “win-win” scenario for improving patient access to Hepatitis C medicines. By arranging for pharmaceutical patent holders to license their patents to the federal government, the agreement could potentially provide curative treatment to nearly a half million more patients, while saving taxpayers billions of dollars and preserving incentives for innovation.
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