Rigging Patents

How Big Pharma Rigged the Patent System

How Big Pharma Rigged the Patent System Back in March, the Patent Office of India denied an application from Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson)...

Big Pharma’s Patent Abuses Are Fueling the Drug Pricing Crisis

Addressing the nation during his State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden took aim at an injustice that touches the lives of most Americans—the absurdly high...

Big Pharma – Gaming The Patent Process, Blocking Competition, Raising Prices

Brand drug manufacturers in the United States have developed strategies to thwart generic competition and preserve monopoly profits longer than policymakers intended. In doing...

Report details Big Pharma’s price-gouging patent tactics

As advocacy groups take a victory lap for moving lawmakers to finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for 10 widely-used medicines, a new report detailed...

How Excessive Pharmaceutical Patenting is Extending Monopolies and Driving up Drug Prices

Overpatented, Overpriced: This report analyzes the twelve best selling drugs in the United States and reveals that drugmakers file hundreds of patent applications – the...
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