FDA Urged To Collaborate With USPTO On Orange Book Listings, Eliminate Patent Use Codes

Stakeholders suggest a variety of USPTO and FDA actions that could help ensure patents do not improperly delay generic and biosimilar competition.

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The USPTO and FDA were advised on patent policy changes to prevent unjustified delays in competition • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration should work with the US Patent and Trademark Office to verify information submitted for inclusion in the Orange Book is correct, a professor said at their joint public “listening session.”

S. Sean Tu, a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, focused on how the FDA and USPTO could...

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