[airstrike]

Except they can't manufacture drugs if someone else owns the patents. Drug prices drop significantly after generics come into play, at least for those drugs that are very easy to produce.

[modells]

smh. READ. Generics. There are overpriced generics which make absolutely no sense other than a lack of competition.

[airstrike]

Yeah, but Joe Startup can address that as much as these hospitals -- and will potentially be better at it since manufacturing drugs isn't the core business of these hospitals.