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by ano-ther 762 days ago
They have patent protection and the US government goes to great lengths to defend intellectual property rights.

Technically, compulsory licensing is allowed under TRIPS (https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/public_health_f...). But the US and others opted out of this (https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/31bis_trips_annex...).