May your drug price be evergreen.

@article{Feldman2018MayYD,
  title={May your drug price be evergreen.},
  author={Robin C. Feldman},
  journal={Journal of Leukocyte Biology},
  year={2018},
  volume={5},
  pages={590-647}
}
  • Robin C. Feldman
  • Published 7 December 2018
  • Political Science
  • Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Presenting the first comprehensive study of evergreening, this article examines the extent to which evergreening behavior—which can be defined as artificially extending the protection cliff—may contribute to the problem. The author analyses all drugs on the market between 2005 and 2015, combing through 60,000 data points to examine every instance in which a company added a new patent or exclusivity. The results show a startling departure from the classic conceptualization of intellectual… 
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