Merck has submitted new patents that could allow the company to maintain its monopoly on the drug until at least 2036.Jonathan Brady / PA Images / Kena Betancur / Getty Images / Truthout Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) have raised concerns that pharmaceutical giant Merck's request to extend the patent for a top cancer drug could represent another move from Big Pharma to abuse the patent system and maintain a monopoly on a life-saving drug.
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