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Pharmaceutical “Nominal Patent Life” Versus “Effective Patent Life,” Revisited

By Emily Michiko Morris and Joshua Kresh Executive summary: Many critics of pharmaceutical companies argue that they abuse the patent system through “evergreening” or “thickets” to increase the amount of time they can avoid generic competition and keep drug prices high. Those critics have not looked at the real-world effects of pharmaceutical patents on generic […]