Author: John R. Thomas
For the first time, a comprehensive review of the critical issues at the
intersection of patent law and food and drug law. In recent years, pharmaceutical patent laws have been subjected to significant legislative reforms, controversial amendments to FDA regulations, numerous investigations into pharmaceutical industry practices by antitrust enforcement authorities, judicial precedent from the Supreme Court, and far-reaching pronouncements from the World Trade Organization. Not only have few legal disciplines observed such a rapid pace of change, but the number and diversity of
decision makers that govern this area is of particular consequence. Pharmaceutical Patent Law takes on the