Each year, Americans spend more than $1,500 per person on prescription drugs. Critics calling for measures to lower prescription drug costs often cast blame on alleged abuses of patent and competition laws. To address these...more
10/26/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Biden Administration ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Competition ,
Drug Pricing ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
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USPTO
A new decision from a federal court in Delaware reinforces the high burden that parties face in insulating an otherwise anticompetitive merger based on the so-called "failing firm" defense. The Justice Department ("DOJ")...more