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 ...
The Federal Trade Commission is challenging more than 300 patents filed with the Food and Drug Administration to protect market exclusivity for top-selling drugs. The patents cover 20 brand-name ...
FTC targets 300 Big Pharma 'junk patents,' sends warning letters to top drugmakers The agency has stepped up its campaign against drugmakers' improper listing of patents in the FDA's Orange Book ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 FTC is investigating improper patent listings, including Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, which could impact shareholders. Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 agonists, including Ozempic, have become a significant ...
Although drug manufacturers have steadily increased the number of patents on their products over the past few decades, they have ...