The Federal Trade Commission is challenging hundreds of pharmaceutical patent listings in an effort to smooth the path to more affordable alternatives to brand-name drugs—including blockbusters ...

What Happened: The FTC is disputing “junk patent listings” for diabetes, weight loss, asthma and COPD drugs. This initiative represents the latest endeavor against what the agency perceives as ...

FTC targets 300 Big Pharma 'junk patents,' sends warning letters to top ... which it contends are ploys intended to delay generic competition, by disputing junk patent listings for 300 drugs. ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission expanded its campaign against pharmaceutical companies for filing what it calls “junk” patent listings pertaining to 20 different brand-name treatments for ...

The FTC recently announced that it has sent another round of letters disputing additional patent listings in the FDA’s Orange Book. With this latest action, the FTC has now challenged hundreds ...

Over the last eight months, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has focused on what it characterizes as “improper” Orange Book listings and the impacts of such listings on generic entry.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has expanded its campaign against so-called ‘junk’ patents intended to extend market exclusivity and block generic rivals. The financial regulator has ...

After being called out on some intellectual property claims late last year, Teva has fallen victim to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) ongoing crusade against questionable drug patents.

The cost of drugs in the U.S. continues to skyrocket. The average drug price increase from 2022 to 2023 was 15%, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Some federal ...

, opens new tab with the backing of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission convinced a New Jersey federal court on Monday to remove five Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA.TA) , opens new tab patents from a U.S ...

“There is no dispute that the Inhaler Patents contain no claim for the active ingredient at issue, albuterol sulfate. Amneal contends that the Inhaler Patents do not meet the requirement that ...

The cost of drugs in the U.S. continues to skyrocket. The average drug price increase from 2022 to 2023 was 15%, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Some federal ...