On January 13, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairman Jon Leibowitz held a press conference with Congressional members Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) arguing that health care reform legislation should include a prohibition to the patent settlements referred to as “reverse payment settlements” or “pay-for-delay settlements”. Reverse payment […]
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass a compromise version of the bill by members Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) banning pay-for-delay settlements that keep generic drugs off the market. The “Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (S.396 RS)” is an attempt to reduce the anti-consumer practice of brand-name drug manufacturers using […]
As mentioned earlier, not only has the Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court challenging agreements by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, which paid generic drug makers to delay launching generic versions of Solvay’s brand name drug AndroGel (known as “reverse payments“), but Senate Judiciary Committee members Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) […]
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