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Tag Archives: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Trends Update — Biosimilars: Sen. Kennedy, Gov. Dean and NVCA Study all Support 12+ Years of Exclusivity

The debate over the proper data exclusivity period for innovator biologics (as protection against biosimilars/follow-on biologics/subsequent-entry biologics) had a busy week last week. On Wednesday, two Democrats told the Obama administration where to stick its 7-year “generous compromise”:  Howard Dean published an op-ed supporting a 12-year exclusivity period and Bloomberg wrote up a renewed effort [...]

Patent Reform Live (Updated): Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings

You can watch the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings live here starting at 10 am. Here’s a letter sent yesterday (pdf) by Sens. Feingold, Wyden, Bond, Brownback, Grassley, Kyl and Coburn to Sens. Leahy and Hatch expressing the writers’ concerns. Witness list and links to the witness statements

The Patent Reform Act of 2009: Absent Inequitable Conduct Provisions Help Biotech

The Patent Reform Act of 2009 was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill includes Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) as a co-sponsor. Notably missing from the list of co-sponsors is Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. Provisions relating to inequitable conduct have been removed [...]

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