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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Two prominent congressional Democrats this week wrote to eight pharmaceutical company CEOs, urging them to remove 130 patents ...
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 ...
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 ...
On April 30, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it sent a new set of warning letters to ten pharmaceutical companies. The letters inform the companies that the FTC has ...
The Federal Trade Commission is seemingly seeking to clear the path for generic versions of the weight loss drug Ozempic — but there will be a long road ahead before cheaper versions of the ...
It’s hard to find bipartisan consensus among lawmakers in Congress these days. But there’s widespread agreement on calls for pharmaceutical patent reform. The steep prices of brand-name drugs ...
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 ...