Drug Patent Violations, Knock Offs Harm Us All - WSJ, April 2007 Excerpt: Contrary to the assertions of the Thai government and Doctors Without Borders ("Thai Showdown Spotlights Threat to Drug Patents," April 24, page one), violating drug companies’ patents and making knock-offs of their drugs is not in the long-term best interest of patients. Just as letting people shoplift today can drive stores out of business tomorrow — and just as price controls make customers happy for a day but produce long-term shortages — so too do patent violations gut the incentive to invest millions in researching the even better drugs of tomorrow. Full Article