IP Explained: By the Numbers: How reliable IP protections promote a strong U.S. economy
By Tom Wilbur | November 4, 2019
The U.S. biopharmaceutical industry depends on predictable and reliable intellectual property (IP) protections, including patents, to maintain its role as the global leader in biopharmaceutical...
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IP Explained: FACT CHECK: March-In Authority and the Bayh-Dole Act
By Tom Wilbur | October 9, 2019
In our last IP Explained post, we outlined how the Bayh-Dole Act laid the foundation for effective technology transfer across industries in the United States and helps foster continued medical...
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IP Explained: Will America Cede Global Medical Innovation Leadership to Asia?
By Megan Van Etten | September 18, 2019
Last month, Taiwan became the latest economy in Asia to take a bold step to bolster life sciences innovation and to accelerate economic growth. On August 20, 2019, Taiwan’s Food and Drug...
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IP Explained: Four things to know about the Bayh-Dole Act
By Tom Wilbur | September 13, 2019
Thanks in large part to strong intellectual property protections – including policies that incentivize public and private investments in research and development (R&D) – the United States is the ...
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IP Explained: Understanding biopharmaceutical innovation
By Andrew Powaleny | July 30, 2019
Over the past 25 years, prescription medicines have transformed the trajectory of many debilitating diseases and conditions, including heart disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer and hepatitis C, resulting in...
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IP Explained: Why IP protections are important for biologic medicines
By Tom Wilbur | July 18, 2019
Biologics are cutting-edge therapies that treat or cure some of the most challenging and costly diseases. These medicines are created from living organisms through highly complex manufacturing...
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IP Explained: What is Section 101 and why reforms are needed
By Tom Wilbur | June 26, 2019
In today’s IP Explained post, we’re taking a closer look at Section 101 of the United States Patent Act and how proposed reforms could both level the playing field for innovators across all...
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World Trade Month: How we can expand world-class pro-innovation standards
By Douglas Petersen | May 22, 2019
May is World Trade Month—a celebration of the industries that import and export goods and services around the world. The month offers a good opportunity to examine the significance of...
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IP Explained: How Hatch-Waxman successfully balances affordability and innovation
By Tom Wilbur | May 22, 2019
For three decades, The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, more commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, has fostered innovation, spurred competition and helped the United...
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IP Explained: Myth vs. fact about strong patent protections in the biopharmaceutical industry
By Tom Wilbur | May 2, 2019
Strong patent protections are fundamental to the creation of new treatments and cures that extend and improve patients’ lives. In recent years, critics of the biopharmaceutical industry have...
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