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by narrator 2445 days ago
What if the drug companies are raising prices because of Eroom's Law[1]. They have fewer and fewer blockbuster drugs and are plowing more money into research of diminishing marginal returns. Eventually the returns will be negative if they aren't already. Why aren't there more competitors though? Is there some sort of anti-trust situation going on?

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroom's_law