Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements : Implications for Competition and Innovation.

Introduces and analyzes innovation policy issues concerning pharmaceutical patent litigation settlements. Reviews pharmaceutical patent litigation procedures under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984. Explains concept of reverse payment settlements, analyzes reverse pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Antitrust law. Actions and defenses. Pharmaceutical industry. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Introduces and analyzes innovation policy issues concerning pharmaceutical patent litigation settlements. Reviews pharmaceutical patent litigation procedures under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984. Explains concept of reverse payment settlements, analyzes reverse payment settlement status under certain antitrust laws, and summarizes Congressional issues and alternatives.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.