Cryptic Drug Patent Reform
Thursday, February 23, 2023
4:00 p.m.
Room 215, College of Law
Featured Speaker
W. Nicholson Price, II
Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
If a statute substantially changes the way patents work in an industry where patents are central, but says almost nothing about patents, is it patent reform? We argue the answer is yes – and it’s not a hypothetical question. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does not address patents, but its drug pricing provisions are likely to prompt major changes in how patents work in the pharmaceutical industry. Drug patent reform, a longtime priority for activists and scholars, may in fact have already happened.
Free and open to the public, with space limited.