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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The recipients of the drug-soaked papers and envelopes would not have been able to feel the drug's effects through the paper, said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, a toxicologist and emergency medicine ...