Hatch-Waxman Act : Legislative Changes in the 108th Congress Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Drugs.

Patents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses recent legislative and regulatory issues and developments impacting pharmaceutical patents. Covers general provisions of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, selected patent-related issues, a 2002 FTC report on generic drug entry prior to patent expiration, a 2003 FDA rule change regarding patent listing requirements, enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, declaratory judgments, brand name generics, and patent settlement antitrust implications.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Hatch-Waxman Act

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