Opinion: The innovation trap: How pharma weaponizes a word to extend monopolies

Tahir Amin, Rohit Malpani· May 26, 2026 · 8:30 AM UTC ·1 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 13 views

“Just because a company invests does not mean it has invented anything novel,” Tahir Amin and Rohit Malpani write in this excerpt from “Pharma Monopoly.”

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