Recent Patent Reform Bills and Their Implications for Prescription Drugs

Posted: 21 Mar 2023

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S. Sean Tu

West Virginia University College of Law; Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Brigham and Women's Hospital; Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Sarosh Nagar

Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Aaron S. Kesselheim

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Date Written: February 14, 2023

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses 3 bills introduced recently in Congress that focus on patent eligibility, fraud, and quality and that have major implications for clinical medicine and pharmaceutical development.


Link to full text at JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800700.

Keywords: pharmaceutical, FDA, patent, prescription drug, legislation

JEL Classification: K00, K10, K23,

Suggested Citation

Tu, Shine (Sean) and Nagar, Sarosh and Kesselheim, Aaron S., Recent Patent Reform Bills and Their Implications for Prescription Drugs (February 14, 2023). JAMA, Vol. 329(6), p. 459-460, Link to full text at JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800700, WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2023-005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4390925

Shine (Sean) Tu (Contact Author)

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Sarosh Nagar

Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ( email )

Aaron S. Kesselheim

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