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Medicines are becoming increasingly expensive. As a result, medical care is also in danger of becoming unaffordable in wealthy countries. The pharmaceutical industry now unilaterally determines the price of new medicines for which a patent has been granted. The production costs of new medicines are secret, but the profit margins are public and are breaking new records time and again. The industry has so far successfully resisted all attempts to make medicines cheaper. As a result, patent law increasingly seems to clash with the right to health. Who can break this impasse? More future stories? Follow us here: Website: https://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/ Instagram: / vpro_tegenlicht Facebook: / vprotegenlicht Twitter: / vprotegenlicht Meet-ups: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenl... Viewing guide: All ages