Will FTC Shakeup Impact Pharma?
Executive Summary
With full slate of new commissioners FTC may expand focus to FDA regulatory issues; Commission has four cases against pharma companies in federal court and is fighting challenges to its authority to bring pay-for-delay suits.
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