The other night there was a feature on one of the news magazine TV shows
(maybe Primetime, or 60 Minutes 2, that gave examples of how the
pharmaceutical. companies *legally* can delay or stop the development of
generics as their patents are close to expiration. All they have to do is
get a NEW patent on something like the shape of the pill, the way it
breaks (into 1/2 or 1/3) etc---and the courts AUTOMATICALLY delay the
generics for two and a half YEARS ! This is outrageous !
There's a bill in Congress to stop this automatic delay--I THINK it may be
co-sponsored by McCain. If anyone knows more about it, please post the
info so there can be some advocacy from our community.
Camilla Flintermann, former CG for Peter 83/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
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