What is inter partes review and why does it matter?

For more than three decades Hatch-Waxman (the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984) has encouraged innovation in biopharmaceutical development while at the same time...
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ICYMI: Ubl weighs in on how fair trade protects US biopharmaceutical innovation

America’s biopharmaceutical leadership is a result of a robust medical innovation ecosystem driven by several factors: a free-market economy that rewards innovation, strong intellectual property...
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Illegal trade barriers discriminate against U.S. innovators

America has long led the world in medical innovation – which brings breakthrough, lifesaving medicines to people around the world, and supplies 4.5 million biopharmaceutical jobs to American...
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Australia is making it harder to protect inventions. That’s bad for American businesses and jobs.

Bringing a single new medicine to market requires substantial resources over many years. To ensure continued investment in the development of tomorrow’s breakthrough treatments and cures,...
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New nonprofit – I-ACT for Children – launches to promote innovative medicines development for young patients in need

In an exciting step forward to support research and development of innovative new medicines and devices for pediatric patients, the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced the launch of a new...
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PhRMA urges USTR to protect American innovators abroad

Yesterday, PhRMA submitted comments for the 2017 Special 301 Report the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will publish in April. The comments highlight serious intellectual property...
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Fact Check Friday: The truth about biopharmaceutical patents

MYTH: Biopharmaceutical companies use government-protected monopolies to raise costs on medicines. FACT: Patent-protected medicines routinely face competition from other brand name medicines,...
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Canada’s promise doctrine strikes again

In just the last few weeks Canada has once again taken steps to invalidate yet another medicine (Zymar®) by applying the “promise doctrine.” See Allergan Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2016 FC 344 (April 1,...
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Strong IP is propelling innovation and saving lives

Each day, new medicines are being researched and developed that save lives and improve patients’ quality of life. As the global epicenter of life science innovation and technological...
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World IP Day: Celebrating the protections that allow innovation to thrive

Today is World Intellectual Property Day, a celebration across the globe of the protections that allow creativity, risk-taking and innovation to thrive. America has long been the world’s innovation...
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