Building A Wall? The Plan To End “March In” Threat To US Drug Patents
Executive Summary
Calls to exercise “march in” rights on federal patents licensed to pharmaceutical companies are a recurring theme in the US drug pricing debate. Now the Department of Commerce is proposing to make those threats even emptier than they already are.
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