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EU says drug makers blocked cheaper medicines

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The EU's antitrust people charged that patients had to pay nearly 4 billion dollars too much for medications because the pharmaceutical companies blocked generics from getting to market. The list of offenders includes Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi-Aventis.

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It isn't any surprise really, that Big Pharma would do all it could to muscle generic competition out of the way. But still I am ashamed for the way American business keeps giving the U.S. a bad rep.

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    Reply#1 - Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:47 PM EST
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