[Pharm-policy] March-In Rights

[James Love]

To appreciate how US "March-in Rights" work on patents with US rights on
the legend, see:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35/203.html

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/45p650.htm

in particular, 650.13

The executive branch is stuck with the statute, but could modify the
regs if it wanted to.  But March-in rights can be done without changing
either the statute or the regulations.  

Note that US March-in rights apply to the following HIV/AIDS drugs:

   ddI
   ddC
   d4T
   Abacavir
   Ritonavir


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