Mises Wire
Author:
Stephan Kinsella
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for driving the medical-patent boom. ‘As a patent lawyer, I have a ton of great, innovative things that I can now protect.’” These guys can see the silver lining in (usually more costly or less effective) “workarounds”. Hey, that leads to more innovation! But not everyone agrees: “”It’s not clear that providing a monopoly over delivery,” said Aaron Kesselheim, a patent attorney and doctor who conducts health policy research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.” It is true that “a 1996