Extending Drug Monopolies by Patenting Safe Drug Use


Journal article


Doni Bloomfield, Bryan S. Walsh, Aaron S. Kesselheim
JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 182(3), 2022, pp. 245-246


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Bloomfield, D., Walsh, B. S., & Kesselheim, A. S. (2022). Extending Drug Monopolies by Patenting Safe Drug Use. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182(3), 245–246. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7954


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Bloomfield, Doni, Bryan S. Walsh, and Aaron S. Kesselheim. “Extending Drug Monopolies by Patenting Safe Drug Use.” JAMA Internal Medicine 182, no. 3 (2022): 245–246.


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Bloomfield, Doni, et al. “Extending Drug Monopolies by Patenting Safe Drug Use.” JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 182, no. 3, 2022, pp. 245–46, doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7954.


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@article{doni2022a,
  title = {Extending Drug Monopolies by Patenting Safe Drug Use},
  year = {2022},
  issue = {3},
  journal = {JAMA Internal Medicine},
  pages = {245-246},
  volume = {182},
  doi = {10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7954},
  author = {Bloomfield, Doni and Walsh, Bryan S. and Kesselheim, Aaron S.}
}

Summary

We uncover a new strategy pharmaceutical companies are using to extend monopoly rights over old medicines:  patenting safe methods of using their drugs. After discussing several costly examples of this strategy, we close with steps Congress and executive agencies can take to address it. 

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