[Mack the knife]

While I'm sympathetic to your medical situation, I challenge the use of your word, "monopoly," in this example. A monopoly seems to be used in a derogatory way, as if the pharma company has manipulated the business environment in such a way that no other competitor can step in.

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Actually, the word "monopoly" is the correct word to use. US Patent law grants an inventor a "monopoly" on the manufacture and sale of a patented product for a number of years in exchange for publishing the details of the technology. It is exactly a "state granted legal monopoly".

[Lou L]

Fair enough...thanks for clarifying.