NIH-Licensed Patents Don’t Account For Substantial Drug Spending, GAO Finds

Far from energizing the ‘march-in’ debate, the GAO study finds limited potential impact, but a new antitrust clause in licensing agreements could give companies something to worry about even if specter of government pricing setting might not be a big concern. Even though GAO found that NIH-licensed products amount to about 1% of government drug spend, the issue isn’t likely to disappear because Biden will face continued pressure to act on drug pricing and a Republican Senate gives him few options.