<[email protected]> wrote: > Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, and Sanofi are certainly approved and > protected by their governments. I can't prove that they are > part of a cartel, but if walks like a duck, etc.
Having patent rights, these companies have monopolies in the pharmaceuticals they push. But as far as I know, they don't collude the way a cartel does (to limit the supply of their wares). Instead, they create competing pharmaceuticals (Cialis vs. Viagra, etc.) The usual story of a cartel involves the sale of a relatively homogeneous commodity such as oil or copper. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
