EconTalk
EconTalk
Russ Roberts
Robin Feldman on Drug Patents, Generics, and Drug Wars
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2017 at 6:30 am.
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Robin Feldman of the University of California Hastings College of Law and author of Drug Wars talks about her book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Feldman explores the various ways that pharmaceutical companies try to reduce competition from generic drugs. The conversation includes a discussion of the Hatch-Waxman Act and the sometimes crazy world of patent protection.