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Swiss Group Suggests Switzerland Use Compulsory Licences To Curb Cancer Drug Prices

ByCatherine Saez May 24, 2018
Swiss Group Suggests Switzerland Use Compulsory Licences To Curb Cancer Drug Prices

During a side event held alongside this week’s World Health Assembly, public health advocates proposed that Switzerland use compulsory licensing as a way to decrease what they said are exorbitant drug prices.