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How Big Pharma is hindering treatment of the opioid addiction epidemic

  • Written by: Robin Feldman, Professor of Intellectual Property, University of California, Hastings
imagePaul Wright, in treatment for opioid addiction in June 2017 at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Youngstown Ohio, shows a photo of himself from 2015, when he almost died from an overdose. AP Photo/David Dermer

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