"Hatch-Waxman" Act : Selected Patent-Related Issues.

Explores major patent-related issues regarding application of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, which revised patent laws as applied to pharmaceutical products. Focuses on the process established in the Hatch-Waxman Act by which brand...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Explores major patent-related issues regarding application of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, which revised patent laws as applied to pharmaceutical products. Focuses on the process established in the Hatch-Waxman Act by which brand name pharmaceutical companies protect their patents and the mechanisms by which generic firms may challenge these patents.
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