This matters because the price of a given drug falls by more than 85% within a year of patent expiry in competitive markets like the United States.

之所以强调这一点，是因为在美国这样的竞争市场中，某一种药品的价格在专利到期的一年中下滑幅度超过了85%。

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Are there more potentially effective drug combos out there separated by walls of competitive interest and proprietary information?

今后会不会有更多的商业利益和私有信息的鸿沟被打破，而使更多有效的药物联用方案的出台呢？

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Kicker Vencill, 31, a former competitive swimmer who is now a lifeguard living in Santa Monica, Calif., flunked an athletic drug test several years ago and claimed it was due to a dietary supplement.

31岁的温西尔(Kicker Vencill)以前是位游泳健将，现在在加州的Santa Monica市当救生员。几年前，他在一次兴奋剂检测中被查出有问题，而他说那是因为服用了一种膳食补充剂。

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Daniel Silverstone, a criminologist, says black criminals have tended to murder each other because, lacking good connections, they cluster in the most competitive drug-dealing markets.

ECONOMIST: Crime

This could be the most competitive mass-market drug launch since the COX-2 anti-inflammatories Celebrex and Vioxx debuted in 1999.

FORBES: Fat City

Bristol is entering what looks to be one of the most competitive markets in the drug industry, and help from Merck might be a good thing.

FORBES: Bristol Pairing A Big Win For Merck