AAM Urges Action On Product Hopping And Patent Thickets

The AAM’s senior vice-president, Jeffrey Francer, has offered suggestions to US lawmakers on how to curb anti-competitive tactics used by originators.

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The AAM’s Jeffrey Francer has thrown light on how originators game the system • Source: Shutterstock

The Association for Accessible Medicines has urged US lawmakers to take action on originator tactics used to “game the system”, including ‘product hopping’ and biosimilar patent thickets used to deter competition.

Testifying before a House of Representatives subcommittee on consumer protection and commerce, AAM senior vice-president Jeffrey Francer said that “current market realities and anti-competitive tactics – combined with misguided

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