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STAT+: Under pressure to thwart pharma patent abuse, the PTO proposes a new rule. But will it fly?

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Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a new rule designed to stem the use of so-called patent thickets , which are wielded by pharmaceutical companies to delay the arrival of lower-cost generic medicines in the marketplace. In a bid to prevent the patent system from being abused, the U.S.

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STAT+: U.S. Patent Office pulls controversial rule to curb pharma patent abuse

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Patent & Trademark Office has withdrawn a controversial proposal that was designed to prevent pharmaceutical companies from abusing the patent system.

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STAT+: FTC warns drugmakers they can face legal action over improper patent listings

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The Federal Trade Commission warned pharmaceutical companies they could face legal action if they improperly list patents for brand-name medicines in a Food and Drug Administration registry, the latest effort by the federal government to scrutinize patent moves by drugmakers.

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STAT+: Patient groups balk at former AstraZeneca official negotiating U.K.-India free trade deal

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government to remove the key negotiator working on a free trade agreement with the Indian government because of his previous ties to a major pharmaceutical company. More than 200 civil society and patient advocacy groups are urging the U.K. Now, the groups are upset that the involvement of Harjinder Kang, the U.K.

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Parallel import of medicinal products: regulatory update

European Pharmaceutical Review

The CJEU stressed that identical medicinal products are not those that are only therapeutically equivalent (as generics are to reference products), but they should be identical in all respects. He has been advising pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers for a number of years.

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What a mild recession could mean for small biotechs in 2023

Pharmaceutical Technology

This economic change impacts employment, income, industrial production, and more, and the pharmaceutical industry will not be exempt. While larger, more established pharmaceutical companies may have the infrastructure and financial cushion to fall back on, SMEs need to tread carefully through these economic challenges.

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Halting Europe’s essential medicines manufacturing exodus

European Pharmaceutical Review

This left pharmaceutical companies in Europe with no European API supply source, and only a few suppliers in Asia. A recent example was the sudden shortage of the API tamoxifen, used in a key breast cancer therapy, as the only European API manufacturer halted production because it had become uneconomical.