Follow your curiosity

What discovery has been shared with you?

FACTREE gives you something interesting to discover every day — and something worth talking about together.

Start with one fact. Explore it, go deeper, then follow whichever branch catches your imagination.

Choose subjects for a surprise

Exploring any topic

Begin your discovery

Your next discovery is one click away.

Choose one or more subjects above, or leave Any Topic selected and let curiosity decide.

Economics

The Economics of Pharmaceutical Patents and Drug Access

Quick fact

It can take over a decade and over $1 billion to develop a new drug, but once a patent expires, generic versions can cost 80-90% less.

Why this is interesting

You might have taken a life-saving drug that costs pennies to produce but is sold for thousands. Why do we allow this?