Pharma at Crossroads in Patent Protection

NJBIZMay 03, 2010

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A LEGAL TACTIC that lets big pharmaceutical companies make payments to other drug makers to delay the entry of low-cost generic competition is under fire from politicians and the Federal Trade Commission, who seek to restrict or eliminate such arrangements. [...] the bills that propose limiting or killing the practice could have a harmful effect on pharmaceutical companies, said Sheila F. McShane, a partner with the Newark law firm Gibbons P.C., who has represented research drug firms in patent litigation.

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Pharma at Crossroads in Patent Protection

A LEGAL TACTIC that lets big pharmaceutical companies make payments to other drug makers to delay the entry of low-cost generic competition is under fire from politicians and the Federal T...

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