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by abirch 243 days ago
1. In the USA people use compounding companies to get around patents.

2. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

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I think that loophole has closed. If I recall correctly, compounding pharmacies were only allowed to do that as the US gov put the drug on a special list due to shortages. I believe they have removed it from this list (or will do shortly) and that pipeline will stop.