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Council position on EU pharma package adopted

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On 4 June, the Council of the European Union (Council) adopted its negotiation position on the proposals for a new regulation and directive that make up the so-called ‘pharma package’. The pharma package now moves to the next...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A 20-Minute Speech Provides the Clearest Road Map Yet for FDA Policy

Key Points - - Who is impacted: Manufacturers of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and food products. - What is changing: The agency is prioritizing user fee reauthorization, the MAHA initiative and a push for...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Reflections on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Pill Penalty

The Medicare drug price negotiation provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act treats small molecule drugs and biological products differently. For small molecules, drug price negotiations can start seven years after Food...more

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FTC Promotes Next Front in Administration's Efforts to Lower Pharmaceutical Prices: Bayh-Dole Act's "March-In" Rights

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took the next step in its long-standing effort to encourage lower prices and increase competition in the pharmaceutical industry. As part of the Biden administration’s whole government...more

Hogan Lovells

The “Borne Mission” Report analysis: Between hope and disappointment for the pharmaceutical industries

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Borne's long-awaited Report on regulation of healthcare products has fallen well short of pharmaceutical industry expectations. Indeed, it contains very few concrete proposals. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What a Difference a Year Makes: IRA’s Drug Pricing Provisions Turn One

This week marks the one-year anniversary since the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included sweeping reforms empowering the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set prices for certain...more

Proskauer - The Patent Playbook

Calls for USPTO to Adopt Policies to Modulate Drug Pricing

In the wake of the nomination of Kathi Vidal as Director of the USPTO, there will be significant attention paid to the agency’s responses to calls from both the executive and legislative branches to remake the agency’s...more

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Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy: A Focus on Patent and Drug Law to Reduce Health Care Spending

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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

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Biden Executive Order Targets Competition in Healthcare, Life Sciences to Spur Economic Activity

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order (the “Order”) designed to promote competition in the American economy. The Order describes the administration’s concerns with competition in several markets,...more

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