Enough is Enough': Sanders Demands Treasury Block Pfizer Tax Dodging Deal

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(03-22-2016, 12:53 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Easy enough of a fix, if they declare themselves as an Irish company and no longer a US company, then all of their US patents become public and no royalties have to be paid for anyone that uses them.

Now you'll have US companies offering the same product at a cheaper rate, since they didn't have to invest in the research part. They will just be manufacturing and selling it. So eff you Pfizer.

It would take a while to look up, but I'd bet the patents on their biggest money makers are probably getting close to expiring and becoming generics anyway. I know Pfizer has been playing around with how to handle their generic market.