The agency sent letters to Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Covis Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Teva Pharmaceuticals, among others.
The Federal Trade Commission said it is challenging hundreds of alleged"junk" patents held by pharmaceutical companies for 20 brand-name drugs, including Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drugs Ozempic and Saxenda.
on alleged patent abuses by the pharmaceutical industry. The FTC has argued that drugmakers are needlessly listing dozens of extra patents for branded medications to keep their drug prices high and stall generic competitors from entering the U.S. market.
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