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Academic Study Supports Longer Data Exclusivity Term for Conventional Drugs

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- An enduring trope in literature from all civilizations is the efforts of one generation to make conditions and prospects better for the next generation. That parents care for their children has been explained as "human nature," sound economics, or biologically determined altruism (thereby extending the lifespan of one-half of one's genes in each child). A different question is to what extent are existing members of a polity willing to sacrifice not only for their own children but for a more disembodied "posterity," particularly when the sacrifices required are related to healthcare costs in the present...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on January 18, 2011 (boomark / email).