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Knobbe Martens

Two Bills Introduced to Target “Patent Thickets” and “Product Hopping”

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On March 17, 2025, a bipartisan group of senators introduced two bills intended to decrease the cost of prescription drugs. The sponsors include Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),...more

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Can Biologics Manufacturers Face Antitrust Risk For Pointing Out That Biosimilars Are Different?

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Biologics are revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry, and in doing so, garnering an increasing share of antitrust attention. In recent years, the FTC, FDA, and antitrust plaintiffs’ bar have raised concerns about a...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FDA and FTC Join Forces to Promote Biosimilars

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) have a long history of teaming up to ensure that advertising and other promotional communications for...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

FDA Continues to Approve Biosimilars

The prevailing attitude in many quarters is that the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) has not facilitated approval of drugs biosimilar to reference biologic drug products with sufficient alacrity and has...more

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FDA And FTC To Scrutinize Biologics Competition

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On February 3, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint statement announcing their plans to collaborate in promoting competitive biological product markets and...more

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New Government Action Aims to Increase Competition among Biological Products: FDA and FTC Step Up Industry Pressure

Continuing progress on the initiatives announced in its Biosimilars Action Plan in July 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released information about several important biosimilar-related actions on February 3, 2020....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Anticompetitive Conduct in Biologics – An Enforcement Priority with FTC and FDA

Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released joint guidance concerning competition for biologics, including biosimilars. The joint guidance seeks to enhance competition for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

THE LATEST: FTC to Look Closely at Competition between Biologics and Biosimilars and Patent Protection Strategies of Branded...

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WHAT HAPPENED - On July 18, 2018, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb delivered a speech at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, discussing how to bolster competition from biosimilars...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Workshop to Revisit Competition Issues Regarding Follow-On Biologics

Five years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) waded into the debate regarding the benefits and potential competition issues posed by the introduction of "follow-on biologics." Now, some three years after Congress...more

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