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How to Protect a Drug Patent? Give It to a Native American Tribe
- maxerickson 9y agoDupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15206796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15206796 There's a couple other discussions too: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=allergan&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=pastWeek&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=allergan&sort=byDate&prefix&pa...
- IncRnd 9y agoThis is very creative! Though, the ownership of a patent shouldn't be a factor in deciding the validity.
- epmaybe 9y agoDry eye is an interest of mine. I saw this in the news on Friday I think, and the resulting statements from Allergan and the Native American Tribe (Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe). It's really a brilliant move by their patent lawyer. Native American tribes have sovereign immunity to IP challenges. This helps extend the monopoly on a drug that makes up a very large part of Allergan's profit (besides Botox).