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Senator Kyl Introduces Alternative to Leahy Patent Reform Bill

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Another day, another bill. The 111th Congress has been on the job for a little more than ten weeks, but despite this short time span, legislators have already introduced seven bills that could significantly impact the life sciences sector if enacted. Among the bills introduced this year are two concerning patent reform (S. 515 and H.R. 1260), two that would create a follow-on biologics regulatory pathway (H.R. 1427 and H.R. 1548), one that would restrict reverse payments (S 369), and two that would prohibit authorized generics (S. 501 and H.R. 573). On Wednesday, Senator Jon Kyl...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).