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patents grant a temporary monopoly, and can therefore raise drug prices. given that, why are drug patents beneficial?

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Answer: Once they are granted patents on their prescription drugs, drugmakers tend to have monopoly pricing power for these drugs for 12 or 13 years. This means that they can charge whatever they would like for their drugs. And, the prices they choose result in industry profits far higher than most other sectors of the economy.

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