Drug Patent Watch

DECEMBER 18, 2024

According to a 2021 study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the average cost to develop a new drug is a staggering $2.6 A robust patent strategy often involves filing multiple applications at different stages of drug development. billion[1].

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

CMS is issuing unique J-codes for 505(b)(2) drugs, classifying them as sole-source products if not therapeutically equivalent. This pathway reduces submission denial risk, accelerates drug development, and offers potential market exclusivity for up to 7 years.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 2, 2024

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the extraordinary focus on drug pricing in the last decade, generic competition—FDA’s only real way to have an effect on drug pricing—tops this year’s list. FDA believes this change would effectuate timelier and more cost-efficient generic drug development.”

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 24, 2022

The review was impacted by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, which compounded existing issues surrounding high drug pricing and patient access that had been brewing since 2016 and highlighted several shortcomings in the EU’s pharmaceutical system. pocket expenses account for only seven percent of the overall cost of developing drugs.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1 However, patent protection for pharmaceutical products is an economic trade-off between providing monopoly rights that incentivise development of future products and permitting higher drug prices to recoup the investment. Biopharmaceutical Research & Development: The Process Behind New Medicines. CN202010111235.3A.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

These highlight the parent company’s focus on innovative and high-value drug development. Novartis said in August that it intended to shut down its Sandoz oral solid dosage plant in Wilson, North Carolina, which provides tablets to Canada and the US, next year.

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Drug Patent Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These protect the core molecule or compound that gives a drug its therapeutic effect. Formulations and Dosage Forms Patents covering specific formulations or dosage forms can extend protection beyond the API. Q: What role does patent portfolio management play in drug pricing?

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