生命科学公司董事会之间非法互锁
Anoop Manjunath1, Nathan Kahrobai2,3, Mark A Lemley2
1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Journal of law and the biosciences
|April 16, 2024
概括
生命科学公司展现出越来越多的互锁董事会网络,可能违反反断法. 超过一半的互锁公司超过了收入门,引发了人们对药物开发中的反竞争做法的担忧.
科学领域:
- 生命科学 生命科学
- 商业和经济学 商业和经济学
- 法律和法规 法律和法规
背景情况:
- 竞争推动了生命科学领域的创新,这对于开发新疗法至关重要.
- 反竞争行为可能会阻碍科学进步,并对患者获得治疗的机会产生负面影响.
- 互锁的董事会,个人在竞争对手公司的董事会中担任职务,是公认的反竞争行为的形式.
研究的目的:
- 自2000年以来,评估公共生命科学行业内互锁总局的流行和趋势.
- 为了确定特定的市场区域,高度的互锁.
- 为决策者和监管机构提供有关潜在反断违规行为及其对医疗保健成本的影响的见解.
主要方法:
- 从2000年起对2,241家公共生命科学公司的董事会成员数据进行分析.
- 连接的总局网络的量化及其在二十年中的增长.
- 与公司收入和特定疾病的临床试验赞助商交叉引用锁定数据,以评估潜在的反断违规行为.
主要成果:
- 在生命科学领域存在着一个重要的和不断增长的互锁公司网络.
- 10-20%的董事会成员在任何时候都被锁定,在过去的20年里,被锁定的数量翻了一番.
- 超过50%的互锁公司超过了500万美元的收入门,许多公司在关键的治疗市场上与直接竞争对手分享董事.
结论:
- 生命科学行业展现出大量且越来越多的相互关联的董事会.
- 这些封锁的很大一部分涉及那些符合潜在反断违规法律门的公司.
- 这些发现强调需要进一步调查反竞争行为和反断法律的执行,以确保公平竞争和管理医疗保健成本.
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