Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration

Download or read book Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 2001, the Commission began an industry-wide study focused on certain aspects of generic drug competition under the Hatch-Waxman Amendments. The Amendments provide certain methods by which generic drug manufacturers can obtain approval to market a generic version of a brand-name product. The study's purpose was to provide a more complete picture of how generic drug competition has developed under one method the Amendments established: generic entry prior to expiration of the brand-name company's patents on the relevant drug product.