This article, written with co-authors Bruce H. Kobayashi, Joshua D. Wright, and Douglas H. Ginsburg, examines the economics of litigation and settlement of patent disputes arising from Paragraph IV Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filings under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (Hatch-Waxman Act) within the framework set out in Actavis.
Anticompetitive conduct and patents listed in the Orange Book
Branded pharmaceutical manufacturers are required by law to list all patents in the Orange Book that cover an approved drug product. However,...