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Pharma's Preferred Patent Reforms May Be Too Expensive

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Sen. Schumer supports exempting Rx industry from inter partes review, but tells BIO conference that legislators must find $1.2 billion to enact it; calls for industry code of conduct on pricing.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, is in favor of exempting biopharma companies from the Patent and Trademark Office's inter partes review proceedings. However, he said industry may have to be content with modifying the process if legislators are unable to find $1.2bn in pharma-related cost savings.

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• By Sue Sutter

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