« Kind of a Penguin Day | Main | Bimbophonics, Bubbles, and 2.0 » Patents come firstThe Wall Street Journal revealed that it's quick and easy to produce generic Tamiflu, raising questions about Roche's contention otherwise. Roche holds the patent, and the U.S. government wants to make sure the company has the right to enforce its right to constrain production, saying (through HHS secretary Michael Leavitt) "We're resolved to work through the FDA to accelerate those licensing arrangements and hope to see, at some point in time, the supply of the drug added to." Sez Dan Gillmor at Bayosphere, "At some point in time? When this pandemic starts, there will not be any time to spare." [Link] jon posted this at 7:41 AM |
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