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Published on: December 11, 2016
Patent reform in the US: what's at stake for pharmaceutical innovation?
Amy Yancey1, Charles Neal Stewart
1Department of Plant Sciences, Director of Development, University Libraries, The University of Tennessee, 612 John C. Hodges Library, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. yancey@tennessee.edu
Abstract:
The current patent landscape in the US has not undergone major legislative reform since 1952. The US Senate version of the most recently proposed patent reform legislation puts forward a number of rule changes that could impact the pharmaceutical industry. Among the bill's major provisions are moving to a first-to-file system, changes to post-grant review and reexamination procedures, and damages reform. Various industries with a stake in patent reform have responded to the proposed changes. The need for balanced reform makes the stakes particularly high for the pharmaceutical industry which must invest a significant amount of time and money in the research and development process in exchange for already abbreviated patent lifetimes due to the lengthy clinical trial process.
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