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Makers of blockbuster weight loss drugs are using 'patent thickets' to protect products, Harvard study claims

Lia DeGroot

Manufacturers of GLP-1s are shielding their products with intricate webs of intellectual property protection known as patent thickets and are doing so more aggressively than …

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Makers of blockbuster weight loss drugs are using 'patent thickets' to protect products, Harvard study claims

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Mak­ers of block­buster weight loss drugs are us­ing 'patent thick­et­s' to pro­tect prod­ucts, Har­vard study claims

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