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The "Evergreening" Metaphor In Intellectual Property Scholarship, Erika Lietzan
The "Evergreening" Metaphor In Intellectual Property Scholarship, Erika Lietzan
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This article is a plea for changes in the scholarly dialogue about "evergreening" by drug companies. Allegations that drug companies engage in "evergreening" are pervasive in legal scholarship, economic scholarship, medical and health policy scholarship, and policy writing, and they have prompted significant policymaking proposals. This Article was motivated by concern that the metaphor has not been fully explained and that policymaking in response might therefore be premature. It canvasses and assesses the scholarly literature-more than 300 articles discussing or mentioning "evergreening." It catalogues the definitions, the examples, and the empirical studies. Scholars use the term when describing certain actions …
2004 Update - 180-Day Exclusivity Under The Hatch-Waxman Amendments To The Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, Erika Lietzan
2004 Update - 180-Day Exclusivity Under The Hatch-Waxman Amendments To The Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, Erika Lietzan
Faculty Publications
This article updates the author's previously published article on the topic, provides some insight into recent events in this area of the law, and specifies a few minor items that were noted incorrectly in the earlier work.