New Calif. Pay-For-Delay Law May Hurt Those It Aims To Help

By Chad Landmon and Chantelle Ankerman (November 5, 2019, 2:49 PM EST) -- In the continuing effort to reduce the costs of pharmaceuticals, a new California law governing patent settlement agreements was signed into law on Oct. 7. The statute attempts to prevent so-called "pay-for-delay" or "reverse-payment" settlements in which a branded drug company pays a generic pharmaceutical company purportedly to delay the generic coming to market....

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