Also critical will be reforms of patent law to reduce the frivolous use of patents by Big Pharma to inhibit innovation.

同样重要的是对专利法进行改革，以减少大型制药公司滥用专利来抑制创新的行为。

And they're allowed to siphon profits earned in the United States out of the country as expenses. They pay themselves to their foreign subsidiaries for the use of patents and intellectual properties that they own.

他们被允许将在美国赚取的利润作为支出转移到国外。他们为自己拥有的专利和知识产权的使用向其外国子公司支付费用。