US Senators Urge PTO’s Vidal To Tackle Pharma Patent Thickets
Thickets Stifle Competition For Generic And Biosimilar Drugs
Executive Summary
A bipartisan group of senators has written to the US Patent and Trademark Office, urging it to tackle the impact of patent thickets on the generic and biosimilar drug industries.
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