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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

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EU Pharma Law Package: Council Position on Reduction of Regulatory Exclusivity Rights

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On 4 June 2025, the Council of the EU adopted its position on the EU Pharma Law Package legislative proposal to revise the EU’s general pharmaceutical legislation. The Council, consisting of all the 27 EU Member States and...more

Morgan Lewis

Blockbuster Biologics Review | Issue 27

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Welcome to the latest issue of Blockbuster Biologics Review, which covers the status and developments of post-grant challenges and patent litigations implicating blockbuster biologics and legislative proposals related to...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

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Rx for High Drug Prices? Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Six Bills With Heavy Dose of Options

The US Senate Judiciary Committee advanced to the full Senate six bills intended to reduce pharmaceutical prices and enhance market competitiveness. The package collectively targets several aspects of the pharmaceutical...more

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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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IP Hot Topic: Senate Bill Seeks to Create New Skinny Label Protections

A bipartisan Senate bill dubbed the “Skinny Label, Big Savings Act” was introduced in January. The bill would expand the scope of protection afforded by section viii carve-outs, a mechanism that allows Abbreviated New Drug...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Final 2025 Calendar Year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

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On November 1, 2024, CMS issued a rule finalizing changes to Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B policies effective on or after January 1, 2025 (the Final Rule). Section 1848 of...more

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Biosimilars 2022 Year in Review

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2022 heralded the next chapter for biosimilars in the United States, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of biosimilars in new therapeutic areas, additional interchangeable designations, and litigation...more

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Drug Pricing Reform Finally Becomes Law: What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Pharma

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After many years of policy debate and attempts at proposed legislation, some of the most meaningful changes to the ways in which Medicare pays for prescription drugs – and the obligations of manufacturers selling drugs to...more

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Biosimilars 2021 Year in Review

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2021 saw several important milestones in the biosimilars space, including the much anticipated first interchangeable designations by FDA and the approval of the first ophthalmology biosimilar. The biosimilar market also...more

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Biden signs bill limiting new drug exclusivity awards to innovations in active moiety

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On April 23, U.S. President Biden signed into law two bills meant to lower prescription drug prices by limiting new drug exclusivity awards and promoting biosimilars. ...more

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Congress Passes New Laws to Further Encourage Use of Generics and Biosimilars

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Congress recently passed two bills that are designed to educate patients and prescribers about biosimilars and thereby encourage their use and to close a loophole in existing law that allows certain branded drugs to retain...more

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Unprecedented State Law on Pharmaceutical “Reverse Payments” Goes Into Effect

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A new California law, Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs, AB-824 (the Act), which is aimed at curbing reverse-payment patent settlements, took effect on January 1. The Act codifies a presumption that any transfer of value...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New State Substitution Laws, and a Busy Spring for Biosimilars

We recently updated our chart that tracks state biosimilar substitution laws to include new laws in Iowa and Montana. These new laws bring the total number of states with biosimilar substitution laws to 27, plus Puerto Rico....more

Smart & Biggar

Rx IP Update - November 2016

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Federal Court of Appeal opines on the framework for analyzing obviousness-type double-patenting - On November 4, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Apotex’s appeal in Apotex Inc v Eli Lilly Canada Inc, 2016 FCA...more

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Pennsylvania Enacts Biosimilar Substitution Law

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On July 20, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill 514, which allows pharmacists to substitute for a brand name biological product a less expensive biosimilar product that has been deemed interchangeable...more

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Missouri Governor Signs Biosimilar Substitution Law

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Last month, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed into law Senate Bill 875, allowing pharmacists filling prescriptions for brand name biological products to substitute a less expensive biosimilar product if the biosimilar has...more

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Arizona Passes Biosimilar Automatic Substitution Law

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Last month, the governor of Arizona signed a bill into law allowing pharmacists to automatically substitute a biosimilar for a reference branded biologic. Arizona continues the recent trend of states enacting biosimilar...more

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California Becomes Latest State to Pass Biosimilar Substitution Law

On October 6th, California’s governor signed Senate Bill 671, which permits pharmacists to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product. The California legislature had attempted to pass...more

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