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8 August 2018AmericasJanine Carlan

Hatch-Waxman amendment: a Hobson’s choice

US Senator Orrin Hatch, co-author of the original Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, has introduced a new bill seeking to dramatically change the current course of Hatch-Waxman litigation. On June 13, Hatch introduced an amendment, the Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018, that is designed “to restore the careful balance the Hatch-Waxman Act struck to incentivise generic drug development”.

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