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What Will USPTO-FDA Collaboration Look Like? Stakeholders To Weigh In On Proposed Initiatives

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Agencies are holding public ‘listening session’ to get input on method of use patents and ‘skinny labeling,’ REMS patenting, PTAB proceedings and other topics.

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USPTO and FDA holding public meeting to get input on areas for collaboration • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet|Shutterstock images

The US Patent and Trademark Office and US Food and Drug Administration are working out how they will collaborate to promote greater access to medicines and increase competition. Industry representatives, patients, payors and other stakeholders will get a chance to provide feedback on potential actions the agencies may take to achieve this goal.

The agencies are holding a public “listening session” on 19 January to obtain input on their joint collaboration initiatives. The...

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