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The Accidental Architect of America’s Drug Patent Problem
Summary: The $70M Bingo Hustler Who Broke Pharma
[Visual: Stylized silhouette of a pill bottle wrapped in chains] Pharma stacks patents to block cheap generics.
[Visual: Abstract line drawing of a man holding a pen] Meet Al. He helped write the law.
[Visual: Non-literal artistic representation of money raining] He made millions exploiting it.
[Visual: Symbolic bingo card cast in shadow] Started as a mob bingo hustler.
[Visual: Silhouette of an elderly man breaking the chains] Now at 86, he's destroying the monster he built.
Plot twist of the century.
Tags
Drugs, Generic