WASHINGTON (CN) — In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court shot down the patent case of a pharmaceutical company behind drugs that purport to lower bad cholesterol. Amgen initiated the ...

But before generics can hit the market, a drug’s patent must first expire. In the United States, drug patents last for 20 years from the date a patent application is filed, giving the ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug’s sale ... He has authored 96 academic publications and received 19 scientific patents since 1962. Of these research papers, 17 involved carbocyclic ...

This approach to nonexclusive licenses focusing on access has successfully demonstrated its use for multiple drugs and diseases. The Medicines Patent Pool, for example, has applied similar ...

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. The method ...